Carr v. Mississippi
Annotate this CaseDeath-row inmate Anthony Carr raised an Eighth Amendment challenge to this conviction for the deaths of Carl Bobbie Jo Parker and the Parkers' two children. Their feet and ankles were bound, and their wrists were tied behind their backs. Nine-year-old Charlotte was found naked from the waist down under her dress, and there was evidence of sexual battery (both vaginally and anally). The Circuit Court found that Carr had failed to prove that he was "intellectually disabled" within the purvey of the Eighth Amendment. After review, the Supreme Court reversed the circuit judge’s ruling and remanded this case for new factual findings because the court concluded the circuit court applied an incorrect legal standard when it ruled previously.
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