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SC: Case Reveals Dangerous Intersection of Intellectual Disability and Wrongful Conviction In Death Penalty Cases

SC: Case Reveals Dangerous Intersection of Intellectual Disability and Wrongful Conviction In Death Penalty Cases

by Bert | Aug 30, 2017 | South Carolina

A man who once awaited his execution will now receive an entirely new trial due to multiple errors committed by the state. Kenneth Simmons was convicted in Dorchester County, South Carolina for the 1996 rape and murder of Lily Bell Boyd, and was sentenced to death for...

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