Inmate IQ Scores: How Will Supreme Court Rule On Freddie Lee Hall Case, Hall V. Florida?

States should look beyond an inmate's IQ scores to determine whether or not they should be eligible for the death penalty, the U.S. Supreme Court strongly suggested Monday. Using IQ scores as benchmarks in deciding whether an inmate can get the death penalty is being challenged by Florida death row inmate Freddie Lee Hall. Hall, 68, was convicted of murdering a 21-year-old pregnant woman, Karol Hurst, in Florida in 1978. He was sentenced to death for the murder; Hall also is serving a 35-year se...