In 2014, the Supreme Court declared that states could not simply declare those with IQs above 70 to be competent. A wider range of evidence had to be considered.

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In the 2014 Supreme Court case Hall v. Florida, the Court declared that states could not rely solely on a rigid IQ cutoff of 70 to determine whether someone is intellectually disabled and therefore not eligible for the death penalty. States must consider a range of evidence, such as adaptive functioning and life history, in making this determination.

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