In the case Atkins v. Virginia, the Supreme Court found that contemporary standards of what is appropriate have changed, and that mentally retarded people may still be executed if found guilty of a capital crime.

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In Atkins v. Virginia, the Supreme Court ruled that executing individuals with intellectual disabilities violates the Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishments, effectively prohibiting the death penalty for such individuals.

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