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The #EighthAmendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment bars the execution of an inmate with dementia if he is unable to form a rational understanding of the reasons for his death sentence, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled. https://t.co/FSCsUkdA08 #SCOTUS #SupremeCourt pic.twitter.com/obAQ4TibdF

— ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) February 28, 2019