The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday refused to halt next week's scheduled execution of Frank Walls, turning down arguments that he should be spared because he is intellectually disabled and was 19 ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday examined whether Alabama can proceed with the execution of Joseph Clifton Smith, an inmate deemed intellectually disabled by lower courts. This legal battle focuses ...

U.S. Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito appeared to side with the state of Alabama during the execution case of Joseph Clifton Smith on Wednesday. The Supreme Court heard two ...

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 ...

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. There was no ...