A federal judge has a ruled a man who killed two undercover police officers can face the death penalty for his crimes, and his fate will now go to a federal jury. Lawyers for Ronell Wilson argued his IQ is too low for him to be put to death.

However, Judge Nicholas Garaufis disagreed, saying, “Wilson is not mentally retarded, and was not mentally retarded at the time of the crime. This does not mean that he will receive or deserves to receive – the death penalty, but only that any such penalty would not violate the Federal Death Penalty Act or the Eighth Amendment.”

Wilson was convicted of killing New York City Police Department detectives Rodney Andrews and James Nemorin in 2003.

(Source: NY1)