Experts debate Meeks’ intelligence

Posted on September 18, 2015

Twice convicted murderer Douglas Ray Meeks kept his head down as he was escorted into the courtroom Thursday morning, rarely making eye contact with anyone—including his attorneys and the judge presiding over the hearing.

He never looked into the audience and showed no emotion when the proceedings got underway.

PHOTO: Death Row inmate Douglas Ray Meeks (in orange) was last in Perry for a hearing in the 1990s. He returned to the county Thursday for a two-day evidentuary hearing to determine whether or not he has an “intellectual disability.”

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