WASHINGTON (TEXAS TRIBUNE) — The U.S. Supreme Court appeared fairly split among party lines during oral arguments Tuesday in a Texas case involving how to define intellectual disability among death ...
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 ...
U.S. Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito appeared inclined to side with the state of Alabama during arguments over whether a death-row inmate with borderline IQ scores can be ...
HOUSTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) - For the second time in as many weeks, Texas' highest criminal court on Wednesday commuted the death sentence of an inmate after agreeing with findings that he was ineligible ...
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with a Texas death row inmate who claims he should not be executed because he is intellectually disabled. The justices, by a 5-3 vote, reversed a Texas ...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday grappled with where the line should be drawn on intellectual disability when the death penalty is on the table in a case that could make it harder for convicted killers ...
Research finds health disparities among people with IDD. Racial and ethnic health disparities are a pervasive public health problem. Research finds similar health disparities among people with ...
A federal court’s view of intellectual disabilities and whether Alabama met its legal responsibilities toward a death row inmate could determine whether the state executes that man on Oct. 21.
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