His IQ plummeted from average into the range of intellectual
disability. At age 29, while in federal prison serving a life
sentence for kidnapping and carjacking, Coonce and his codefendant,
Charles Michael Hall, attacked and killed Victor Castro Rodriguez,
another prisoner.
Facing the death
penalty, he argued that his execution would violate the Eighth
Amendment be-cause he has an intellectual disability. The District
Court denied Coonce's claim without a hearing, the jury sentenc...
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