Nevada Supreme Court Hearing Arguments to Vacate Death Penalty For Convicted Killer

The Nevada Supreme Court will deliberate after hearing an argument to vacate the death penalty against Jeremiah Bean, who was sentenced to death in 2015 for killing five people. Attorney Thomas Qualls argued Monday that since the US Supreme Court ruled people who are “intellectually disabled” cannot be sentenced to death, Bean should not have been so sentenced. Qualls says the medical community generally considers any IQ lower than 70 to count as “intellectually disabled,” and Bean has measured anywhere from 65 to 72. He says even at 72, given a five-point margin of error, Bean should be ineligible to be put to death. Bean was convicted of the murders of five people in Lyon and Storey Counties over Mother’s Day weekend 2013.