{"id":58258,"date":"2016-08-04T10:15:06","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T14:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aclu.org\/cases\/moore-v-texas"},"modified":"2016-08-04T10:15:06","modified_gmt":"2016-08-03T19:00:00","slug":"moore-v-texas","status":"publish","type":"case","link":"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/cases\/moore-v-texas","title":{"rendered":"Moore v. 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Rather, as the ACLU points out in its amicus brief, the so-called <em>Briseno <\/em>factors are based on a stereotyped view of intellectual disability derived from the character of Lenny in John Steinbeck\u2019s novella, <em>Of Mice and Men<\/em>.  In practice, the <em>Briseno <\/em>factors subject defendants with mild intellectual disability to the death penalty in violation of the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update (3\/28\/17): Victory! <\/strong>A majority of the Court reversed the Texas high court ruling, and found that Bobby James Moore has intellectual disability and is ineligible for execution. 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