US Supreme Court to weigh death row inmate's intellectual disability ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court is set on Wednesday to hear a bid by Alabama officials to pursue the execution of an inmate convicted ...
Supreme Court Hears Death Penalty Case on Intellectual Disability
The case involves an Alabama man who challenged his death sentence after a murder conviction because of his varying results ...
The Supreme Court Takes Aim at Intellectually Disabled Death Row Inmates
More than two decades ago, the Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision prohibiting the execution of people with ...
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RELEASE: A Supreme Court Case Threatens Decades of Protections for Disabled People on Death Row
Washington, D.C. — On December 10, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Hamm v. Smith, a case that could fundamentally alter how courts assess intellectual disability in capital ...
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Explainer: US Supreme Court to Review How Multiple IQ Scores Could Redefine Intellectual Disability on Death Row
The US Supreme Court will hear Hamm v. Smith on Wednesday, December 10, a death penalty case testing how courts should treat ...
Louisiana death row inmate freed after nearly 30 years as overturned conviction upends case
A Louisiana man was freed on bail after nearly 30 years on death row following forensic evidence in his murder conviction ...
Florida Supreme Court rejects Death Row inmate’s appeal
The Florida Supreme Court unanimously rejected an appeal filed by a Death Row inmate David Kelsey Sparre, who was convicted ...