Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a rare move on Thursday, the Supreme Court spared the life of an "intellectually disabled" death row inmate, dismissing an ...
In a rare move on Thursday, the Supreme Court spared the life of an "intellectually disabled" death row inmate, dismissing an appeal by Alabama officials who claimed the man's multiple IQ scores show ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Supreme Court will hear an appeal from Alabama in its push to execute a 54-year-old Joseph Clifton Smith. (Alabama Department ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in a case that could make it harder for convicted murderers to show their lives should be spared because they are intellectually ...
The state of Alabama has a complicated relationship with science, and its criminal courts are no exception. Often, state prosecutors defend debunked junk science, like bite marks, to keep people in ...
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 ...