MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – A prosecutor and an expert witness clashed Friday over the psychologist’s testimony that a man charged with capital murder has an intellectual disability that renders him ineligible for the death penalty.
Michael Terrell Stone, 22, of Mobile, is one of two men accused of killing two people and injuring two others during a robbery in 2024. The crime took place in the 600 block of Euclid Avenue, in a backyard shed that had been converted into a barbershop.
Two expert witnesses testified about years of records indicating Stone’s deficiencies. Stephen Zieman, a clinical psychologist, testified that those records came from the Mobile County school system, the Strickland Youth Center, Mobile County Metro Jail and AltaPointe Health. He testified that Stone scored a 68 on an IQ test he administered in 2025…