The US Supreme Court on Wednesday examined how to determine whether a death row inmate is intellectually disabled and should be spared execution. Joseph Smith, 55, who was sentenced to death in the ...

Washington — The Supreme Court on Wednesday struggled over how courts should decide borderline cases of whether convicted murderers are intellectually disabled and should be shielded from execution.

The U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday will consider an Alabama case about how states decide if a death penalty candidate is intellectually disabled.

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 ...

Supreme Court Struggles Over Whether Alabama Can Execute Man Found to Be Intellectually Disabled WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday struggled over how courts should decide borderline ...