Supreme Court rulings in 2014 and 2017 allowed courts to consider IQ score ranges that are close to 70 along with other ...

Alabama asked the Supreme Court to reverse that decision and, if necessary, reconsider past rulings on how states must evaluate intellectual disabilities to avoid violating the Constitution.

The Supreme Court ruled in 2002 that executing inmates with intellectual disabilities is a cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment. That decision opened an inevitable debate about ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has twice reviewed Hill’s intellectual disability claim about other ... Patton disagreed with Judge Cosgrove’s decision and ordered her to conduct another hearing ...

WASHINGTON − The Supreme Court on Monday declined to review whether a convicted murder’s intellectual disability is severe enough that he can’t be executed, directing a lower court to first clarify ...

Supreme Court rulings in 2014 and 2017 allowed courts to consider IQ score ranges that are close to 70 along with other evidence of intellectual disability, such as testimony of "adaptive deficits".

Ohio Supreme Court to ... to review an 11th District Court of Appeals decision requiring another hearing on convicted murderer Danny Lee Hill’s intellectual disability claim.