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

A divided Supreme Court has dismissed Alabama’s bid to be allowed to execute a convicted murderer who was found by lower ...

By John Kruzel WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - A man convicted of a 1997 murder in Alabama will be spared execution after the ...

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

An Alabama man challenged his death sentence after a murder conviction because of his varying results in a series of I.Q.

The majority dismissed on procedural grounds the case of Joseph Clifton Smith, whose mental faculties skirt the threshold for ...

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a temporary stay for Edward Busby, a Tarrant County man convicted of kidnapping ...

What are intellectual and developmental disabilities? Intellectual disability is a disability characterized by significant limitations in both intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior, which ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued the stay for 53-year-old Edward Busby on Friday, court records show. The Texas Attorney General's Office appealed the decision shortly after.

People with intellectual disabilities, such as those with Down syndrome or fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, have historically had shorter life expectancies than the general population, but data from a ...

Intellectual disability is a disorder marked by below-average intellectual function and a lack of skills necessary for independent daily living. The condition begins in the developmental period. The ...