A couple in North Carolina targeted an intellectually disabled Chick-fil-A greeter in an extortion and harassment campaign ...

With the stroke of a pen Tuesday afternoon, Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law a measure aimed at ensuring intellectually disabled people aren’t executed in Georgia. House Bill 123, which passed both ...

What was going to happen to their 31-year-old intellectually disabled sister when Caroline could no longer look after her? “I burst into tears and started asking questions such as: ‘Who would give her ...

Gary Terry could be the next inmate to face the death chamber, shown above, after a judge decided he did not have an intellectual disability. (Provided by the S.C. Department of Corrections) A death ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in a case that could make it harder for convicted murderers to show their lives should be spared because they are intellectually ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will consider making it harder for convicted murderers to show their lives should be spared because they are intellectually disabled, according an order released ...

A new report comparing health and wellbeing outcomes for New Zealanders with an intellectual disability and those without shows a complex picture of inequity and unmet potential. Advocacy organisation ...

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals intervened just hours before the scheduled execution of Robert Campbell on Tuesday, granting Campbell's legal team more time to build its claim that the inmate is ...

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 ...

As Melvin Trotter faces execution today for a 1986 killing in Florida, his attorneys argue his intellectual disability has been long-documented.