Florida Executes Man Claiming Intellectual Disability After Supreme Court Denies Reprieve

The state said tests showed Frank Athen Walls was of normal intelligence.
Florida Executes Man Claiming Intellectual Disability After Supreme Court Denies Reprieve
Clouds hover over the entrance of the Florida State Prison in Starke, Fla., on Aug. 3, 2023. Curt Anderson/AP Photo
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Florida executed a man on Dec. 18 who was convicted of killing a man and his girlfriend during a home invasion 38 years ago, after the U.S. Supreme Court denied a reprieve earlier in the day.

The condemned man, Frank Athen Walls, had filed an emergency application with the court days earlier, arguing that he was intellectually disabled and that lower courts failed to properly consider his condition.