the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled that inmates who try to avoid...

the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled that inmates who try to avoid the death penalty based on a claim of mental retardation can't rely on tests taken as adults to prove they have the disorder.
In an unanimous decision, the high court said Danny Strode is eligible for the death penalty for the death of a store owner during a 2001 robbery.
Intelligence tests taken when he was a juvenile didn't show signs of retardation, although later testing did. Tennessee law prohibits executing any defendant with mental retardation at the time of committing 1st degree murder. But the law also says mental retardation must have been manifested during the developmental period, or by 18 years old.