In which case did the U.S. Supreme Court reverse itself on Eighth Amendment grounds in the matter of executing the mentally retarded?

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Atkins v. Virginia (2002) is the case where the U.S. Supreme Court held that executing individuals with intellectual disability is unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. This decision reversed the Court's earlier stance that allowed such executions.

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