WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in a case that could make it harder for convicted murderers to show their lives should be spared because they are intellectually disabled.

The Supreme Court will hear arguments at 10 a.m. EST. Listen live in the video player above.

The justices are taking up an appeal from Alabama, which wants to put to death a man who lower federal courts found is intellectually disabled and shielded from execution.

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The Supreme Court prohibited execution of intellectually disabled people in a landmark ruling in 2002.

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