Capital Matters is a recurring series by Jordan Steiker that covers federal constitutional regulation of the death penalty ...

Disability rights advocates have warned that a Supreme Court case involving death row inmates could have serious consequences ...

Reginald Jackson has been ruled intellectually disabled and therefore ineligible for the death penalty, upholding a ...

Disability rights advocates warn that a pending Supreme Court of the United States case could reshape how intellectual ...

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday, December 10, heard oral argument in Hamm vs. Smith, a capital case that could reshape how courts evaluate intellectual disability under Atkins v. Virginia and its ...

The bizarre oral argument in Hamm v. Smith shows how decades of case law rooted in science is now under siege at the Supreme Court.

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Hamm v. Smith, a death ...

Disability rights groups argue that a new guardianship law creates a two-tier system that strips people with intellectual ...

A man is suing three members of a Winnipeg family and a real estate broker he alleges used his intellectual disability to ...

A combination of missed prevention opportunities and health inequalities can result in the early deaths of people living with epilepsy and intellectual disabilities, new research has shown.

The All Women Police Station (AWPS), Kelambakkam has apprehended a 21-year-old man and a 17-year-old juvenile for allegedly raping a woman with an intellectual disability.

Police have expressed concern about the disappearance of a 19-year-old in Helmond. The man, named Mick, was last seen at 3 ...