In 2002, the Supreme Court ruled in Atkins v. Virginia that the Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment bars the execution of people who are intellectually disabled. Next week, on Wednesday ...

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.

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 ...