The US Supreme Court on Wednesday examined how to determine whether a death row inmate is intellectually disabled and should be spared execution. Joseph Smith, 55, who was sentenced to death in the ...

WASHINGTON(AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday struggled over how courts should decide borderline cases of whether convicted murderers are intellectually disabled and should be shielded from ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday struggled over how courts should decide borderline cases of whether convicted murderers are intellectually disabled and should be shielded from ...

(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court threw out on Monday a judicial decision that had spared a man convicted of murder in Alabama from execution because he was found to be intellectually disabled. The ...

In a landmark legal case, two intellectually disabled men took on their employers and the government and secured a legal victory that could affect more than 20,000 other workers with disabilities ...

The Supreme Court is considering an appeal from Alabama that could lower standards for determining intellectual disability in ...

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 ...