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    High court to examine mental disability, death penalty issue

    High court to examine mental disability, death penalty issue

    HOUSTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court is set to examine whether the nation’s busiest state for capital punishment is trying to put to death a convicted killer who’s intellectually disabled, which would make him ineligible for execution under the court’s current guidance. Lawyers for prisoner Bobby …