An Indiana House committee unanimously advanced a bill Wednesday tightening protections for defendants with intellectual disabilities in capital cases, while ...

House Bill 123 lowers the burden of proof for intellectual disability claims in capital cases from "beyond a reasonable doubt" to "a preponderance of the evidence," aligning Georgia with other states.

The Georgia Senate passed a bill on Monday easing the state's strict burden of proof required for a death row inmate to be deemed intellectually disabled, which would make them ineligible for a death ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday grappled with where the line should be drawn on intellectual disability when the death penalty is on the table in a case that could make it harder for convicted killers ...

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

CANTON – A man at the center of South Dakota's most high-profile pending death penalty case is now fighting to take the death penalty off the table in his trial, based on whether he is deemed to have ...

A newly identified neurodevelopmental disorder may explain tens of thousands of cases of intellectual disability whose cause was previously unknown, according to a new study. The research, published ...

In 2025, Georgia enacted a landmark reform that lowers the burden of proof for intellectual disability in death penalty cases ...

FILE - State Rep. Bill Werkheiser, R-Glennville, looks over a bill during a House Transportation committee meeting, on Feb. 12, 2015, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File) ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia ...

Georgia makes it harder than any other state for an individual to prove they are legally exempt from the death penalty because of an intellectual disability. A bill that would change that is on track ...