With the stroke of a pen Tuesday afternoon, Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law a measure aimed at ensuring intellectually disabled people aren’t executed in Georgia. House Bill 123, which passed both ...

Court throws out state’s challenge to judicial finding that inmate convicted of murder is ineligible for death penalty ...

By John Kruzel WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - A man convicted of a 1997 murder in Alabama will be spared execution after the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday kept in place a judicial finding that the ...

Months after the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that advocates said could have major implications for ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON – 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 execution.

Supreme Court blocks state from executing inmate with borderline intellectual disability - The Supreme Court outlawed the ...

The support staff from the nonprofit "Mainstay" helps those living with intellectual disabilities lead an independent lifestyle.

The Supreme Court on Thursday let stand an appeals court decision that barred Alabama from executing a man that lower courts ...

A fundraiser, benefiting adult education, kicked off at Cedar Lake Lodge Saturday morning.Cedar Lake is the largest private provider for adults with intellectual disabilities in Kentucky. In past ...