Convicted murderer beat victim with hammer and saw IQ scores at issue in legal fight over death sentence Atlanta-based appeals court is told to clarify its ruling Nov 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme ...

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 ...

A bill that got unanimous support and a standing ovation in the Georgia House this week looks to make it easier for intellectually disabled people to avoid the death penalty, bringing the Peach State ...

Last week, a Texas criminal appeals court took a 64-year-old man off death row and resentenced him to life in prison without parole, after ruling that he was too intellectually disabled to be executed ...

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