The US Supreme Court on Tuesday, December 10, heard oral argument in Hamm vs. Smith, a capital case that could reshape how ...
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in a case that advocates say could have major implications for how ...
Seth P. Waxman, Smith’s lawyer, told the justices that the lower federal courts in his client’s case correctly applied ...
The U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether to let Alabama execute convicted murderer Joseph Smith, whose IQ scores were ...
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 Supreme Court on Wednesday grappled with where the line should be drawn on intellectual disability when the death penalty ...
Disability advocates are speaking out as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to take on a case that hinges on whether a diagnosis of intellectual disability should be based on more than an IQ score. The ...
More than two decades ago, the Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision prohibiting the execution of people with ...
Attorneys for Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger, in their latest attempt to avoid capital punishment for their client if he is convicted, have asked the judge to consider setting a new legal ...
Adaptive functioning essentially describes how well someone can perform daily activities and manage social interactions relative to their age and cultural expectations. These skills are crucial for ...
South Africa needs to take pragmatic steps to plug the shortcomings in the data that’s collected on people with intellectual ...