U.S. Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito appeared inclined to side with the state of Alabama during ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Advocates for those with intellectual disabilities sent a letter to Governor Bill Lee requesting he commute the sentence of a man whose execution they argue would violate the ...
Despite evidence indicating intellectual disability, a Black man from Georgia was executed for murdering his ex-girlfriend and other crimes. Despite evidence indicating intellectual disability, Willie ...
THE TEXAS TRIBUNE – Texas’ highest criminal court re-sentenced death row inmate Tomas Gallo to life in prison Wednesday, ruling that he is too intellectually disabled to be executed. A Harris County ...
Seth P. Waxman, Smith’s lawyer, told the justices that the lower federal courts in his client’s case correctly applied Alabama law, which allows judges to consider “evidence of intellectual ...
A man convicted of raping and killing his girlfriend's 3-year-old daughter has been taken off death row after a higher court ruled his intellectual disability made him ineligible for execution. A ...
ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. — Two women were arrested in St. Peters after three elderly people with intellectual disabilities were found in a 96-degree van on Thursday, police said. Niyah Brown, 22, and ...
Trevor J. Roston was ordered to remain in custody during a pretrial hearing Monday, authorities said. He is due back in court ...