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 ...

This undated photo shows the death chamber at the Georgia Diagnostic Prison in Jackson, Ga. Photo by Georgia Department of Corrections/Getty Images Nearly four decades ago, public outrage over the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Supreme Court Struggles Over Whether Alabama Can Execute Man Found to Be Intellectually Disabled WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday struggled over how courts should decide borderline ...

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 ...

Last November, I was scrolling mindlessly through my Facebook feed when I saw a post that snapped me to attention. It was a picture of an 18-year-old man named Sam who had just voted—which shouldn’t ...

LAKE COUNTY, Ill. — A 70-year-old man faces felony charges after allegedly assaulting a non-verbal, intellectually disabled woman sexually in Beach Park, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.

A Beach Park man accused of sexually assaulting a woman with intellectual disabilities now is facing multiple felony charges, authorities said. Alfredo De La Cruz, 70, of the 10200 block of West ...