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 ...

Months after the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that advocates said could have major implications for ...

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 ...

By John Kruzel WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a challenge by Alabama officials ...

Festival in the Park drew crowds to Elmwood Park this Memorial Day weekend, but Sunday night’s stage had a special purpose — telling local history through music. Read full article: Roanoke Reset helps ...

WASHINGTON – Disability rights groups fear a death penalty case before the Supreme Court could have implications for the intellectually disabled far beyond the criminal context. The justices are ...

A fundraiser, benefiting adult education, kicked off at Cedar Lake Lodge Saturday morning.Cedar Lake is the largest private provider for adults with intellectual disabilities in Kentucky. In past ...

Edward Busby Jr. has become the 600th person executed in Texas since the state resumed carrying out the death penalty in 1982 ...

Layoffs are hitting far beyond the tech sector. Bay Area businesses that employ developmentally and intellectually disabled adults have laid off dozens of employees over the last year. J. Lohr is one ...

WASHINGTON – 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.