Ronnie Conner, who was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death in 1990, suffers from both schizophrenia and intellectual disability. The Mississippi State Hospital psychologist admitted that Mr. Conner’s IQ was in the range indicative of intellectual disability, but contended that, due to Mr. Conner’s schizophrenia, he could not make a determination whether Mr. Conner met the other criteria for ID. The State Attorney General argued that this diagnostic difficulty prevented Mr. Conner from proving he was exempt from execution. The MacArthur Justice Center brought Mr. Conner’s case in the State courts and brought forward evidence from Mr. Conner’s school records, Job Corps records, home health records, and the testimony of doctors, teachers, and classmates demonstrating his adaptive functioning deficits. The State court judge issued a lengthy ruling finding that Mr. Conner’s execution would violate the Eighth Amendment. The State did not appeal, and Mr. Conner is now serving a sentence of life imprisonment.