WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Monday it will review two death-row cases from Texas, the nation’s top death-penalty state, as the court continues to tinker around the edges of capital punishment.
The appeals come from two African-American death row inmates from Houston, Bobby Moore and Duane Buck.
Moore, sentenced to death more than 35 years ago, says he is ineligible to be executed because he is intellectually disabled.
Buck argues his sentence should be thrown out because it is tinged with race. A jury voted to sentence Buck to death after a defense expert testified that black people were more likely to commit violence. Buck’s lawyers have fought for year…
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