Justices Decline to Rule in Death Penalty Case Over Intellectual Disabilities

An Alabama man challenged his death sentence after a murder conviction because of his varying results in a series of I.Q.

Justices Dismiss Death Penalty IQ Test Case Without Decision (1)

The US Supreme Court won’t rule for now on how state courts should analyze the results of multiple IQ tests when determining ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

The pending Supreme Court decision that worries disability rights groups

WASHINGTON – Disability rights groups fear a death penalty case before the Supreme Court could have implications for the intellectually disabled far beyond the criminal context. The justices are ...
Commercial Appeal

Pervis Payne could be first to escape execution under new state law. What would it take?

If Pervis Payne is determined to have an intellectual disability, he could be saved from execution. But first he will face a week-long hearing in which experts, his family and others will testify ...