US Supreme Court to weigh death row inmate's intellectual disability ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court is set on Wednesday to hear a bid by Alabama officials to pursue the execution of an inmate convicted ...
Supreme Court Hears Death Penalty Case on Intellectual Disability
The case involves an Alabama man who challenged his death sentence after a murder conviction because of his varying results ...
Could Supreme Court make it easier to execute the intellectually disabled?
Decades ago, the Supreme Court said inmates who are intellectually disabled can't be executed. Now, it weighs the use of IQ ...
The Hill
Supreme Court mulls intellectual disability limits in death penalty cases
The Supreme Court on Wednesday will grapple with where the line should be drawn on intellectual disability in imposing a death sentence in a case that could make it harder for convicted killers to ...
The Supreme Court Takes Aim at Intellectually Disabled Death Row Inmates
More than two decades ago, the Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision prohibiting the execution of people with ...
Opinion
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RELEASE: A Supreme Court Case Threatens Decades of Protections for Disabled People on Death Row
Washington, D.C. — On December 10, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Hamm v. Smith, a case that could fundamentally alter how courts assess intellectual disability in capital ...
New turn in Robert Roberson's death-row case with New Jersey Supreme Court ruling on shaken baby syndrome
Robert Roberson's death-row case could take a new turn as a New Jersey court released a ruling on shaken baby syndrome.
Florida Supreme Court rejects Death Row inmate’s appeal
The Florida Supreme Court unanimously rejected an appeal filed by a Death Row inmate David Kelsey Sparre, who was convicted ...