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 ...

U.S. Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito appeared to side with the state of Alabama during the execution case of Joseph Clifton Smith on Wednesday. The Supreme Court heard two ...

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 ...

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. There was no ...

TALLAHASSEE — Attorneys for condemned killer Frank Walls have asked the Florida Supreme Court to halt his scheduled execution next week, arguing he should be spared because he is intellectually ...

The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday refused to halt next week's scheduled execution of Frank Walls, turning down arguments that he should be spared because he is intellectually disabled and was 19 ...

WASHINGTON – After the Supreme Court in 2002 said inmates who are intellectually disabled can't be executed, prosecutors largely stopped seeking the death penalty for defendants with clear ...