DECATUR, Ala. (WHNT) — The defense team for a Decatur man charged with capital murder in 2018 has filed a motion for the judge to bar the death penalty because of an intellectual disability, court ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TAYLORVILLE, Ill. (WCIA) — A Taylorville man was sentenced to a total of 17 years in prison for crimes that include sexually ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A man convicted of murdering a brother and sister in Blount and Sevier counties in 1992 is awaiting a mental evaluation that could take him off of death row ahead of his ...

Lawyers for David Pittman say his execution would violate the U.S. Constitution’s Eighth Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment. David Pittman is seen in this undated photo from the Florida ...

DANVILLE, Ind. — Lawyers for the Missouri man who allegedly struck and killed Indiana State Police Trooper Aaron Smith say he is too mentally disabled to be sentenced to life without a chance for ...

WASHINGTON – Disability rights groups fear a death penalty case before the Supreme Court could have implications for the intellectually disabled far beyond the criminal context. The justices are ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday grappled with where the line should be drawn on intellectual disability when the death penalty is on the table in a case that could make it harder for convicted killers ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in a case that advocates say could have major implications for how intellectual disability is defined. The high court will consider Hamm v. Smith on ...

Disability advocates are speaking out as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to take on a case that hinges on whether a diagnosis of intellectual disability should be based on more than an IQ score. The ...