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 ...
More than 20 years ago, the Supreme Court outlawed the execution of intellectually disabled people convicted of capital crimes as "cruel and unusual" punishment forbidden by the Eighth Amendment. In a ...
WASHINGTON – After the Supreme Court in 2002 said inmates who are intellectually disabled can't be executed, prosecutors largely stopped seeking the death penalty for defendants with clear ...
TALLAHASSEE — Attorneys for condemned killer Frank Walls have asked the Florida Supreme Court to halt his scheduled execution next week, arguing he should be spared because he is intellectually ...