Is an intellectual disability a condition, or a number on an IQ test? Here's why an Alabama death penalty case at the Supreme ...

Anti-death penalty and disability advocates have criticized how Georgia handled intellectual disability in death penalty cases, because defendants had to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that they were ...

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday, December 10, heard oral argument in Hamm vs. Smith, a capital case that could reshape how courts evaluate intellectual disability under Atkins v. Virginia and its ...

Justices to consider how to determine if a person is "intellectually disabled." More than 20 years ago, the Supreme Court outlawed the execution of intellectually disabled people convicted of capital ...

The Georgia Senate passed a bill on Monday easing the state's strict burden of proof required for a death row inmate to be deemed intellectually disabled, which would make them ineligible for a death ...

The Georgia House unanimously passed a bill on Tuesday lessening the threshold for a person facing the death penalty to be considered intellectually disabled, which would make them ineligible for a ...

A bill that got unanimous support and a standing ovation in the Georgia House this week looks to make it easier for intellectually disabled people to avoid the death penalty, bringing the Peach State ...

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Condemned murderer Frank Walls is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to stop his execution for killing Edward Alger and Ann ...

More than 20 years ago, the Supreme Court outlawed the execution of intellectually disabled people convicted of capital crimes as "cruel and unusual" punishment forbidden by the Eighth Amendment. In a ...