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 ...

The Georgia House unanimously passed a bill on Tuesday lessening the threshold for a person facing the death penalty to be considered intellectually disabled, which would make them ineligible for a ...

This undated photo shows the death chamber at the Georgia Diagnostic Prison in Jackson, Ga. Photo by Georgia Department of Corrections/Getty Images Nearly four decades ago, public outrage over the ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Anti-death penalty and disability advocates have criticized how Georgia handled intellectual disability in death penalty cases, ...

A bill that got unanimous support and a standing ovation in the Georgia House this week looks to make it easier for intellectually disabled people to avoid the death penalty, bringing the Peach State ...

The Brooklyn Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project held a continuing legal education seminar in Brooklyn Heights on Wednesday titled “Article 17A: Guardianship of Intellectually and ...

The owner and an employee of a Vineland group home for intellectually disabled people are the most recent people charged with neglecting and abusing an elderly resident, investigators announced Monday ...

WASHINGTON Most Americans with intellectual or developmental disabilities remain shut out of the workforce, despite changing attitudes and billions spent on government programs to help them. Even when ...

New Zealanders with intellectual disabilities face significantly higher rates of suspension, unemployment, and chronic health ...

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 ...