Is an intellectual disability a condition, or a number on an IQ test? Here's why an Alabama death penalty case at the Supreme ...

The case involves an Alabama man who challenged his death sentence after a murder conviction because of his varying results in a series of I.Q. tests.

The U.S. Supreme Court grappled on Wednesday with a bid by Alabama officials to pursue the execution of an inmate convicted ...

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday examined how to determine whether a death row inmate is intellectually disabled and should ...

The Supreme Court is considering an appeal from Alabama that could lower standards for determining intellectual disability in death penalty cases.

U.S. Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito appeared inclined to side with the state of Alabama during ...

There was no clear outcome following the hearing to determine if IQ should play a role in execution sentences.

The justices wrestled with whether to allow Alabama to execute a man with low cognitive function, a ruling that could set new ...

In 2002, the Supreme Court ruled in Atkins v. Virginia that the Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment bars the execution of people who are intellectually disabled. Next week, on Wednesday ...

The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday over how courts should decide borderline cases of whether convicted murderers are ...

Decades ago, the Supreme Court said inmates who are intellectually disabled can't be executed. Now, it weighs the use of IQ tests in close calls.

Justices to consider how to determine if a person is "intellectually disabled." More than 20 years ago, the Supreme Court outlawed the execution of intellectually disabled people convicted of capital ...