What began as online “friendship” turned into manipulation, police said, ending with a Flint Township man kidnapping an ...

Death row inmate Joseph Clifton Smith, scored high enough on IQ tests to be executed, but his defense contends he is mentally ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday grappled with where the line should be drawn on intellectual disability when the death penalty ...

The justices wrestled with whether to allow Alabama to execute a man with low cognitive function, a ruling that could set new rules for states’ death rows.

Decades ago, the Supreme Court said inmates who are intellectually disabled can't be executed. Now, it weighs the use of IQ ...

David Russo faces multiple felony charges for allegedly assaulting a 16-year-old boy with an intellectual disability.

The case involves an Alabama man who challenged his death sentence after a murder conviction because of his varying results ...

You know how we always tell you not to message with people claiming to be celebrities online? Well this mother landed behind bars for going to some pretty extreme lengths to teach that lesson to her ...

There was no clear outcome following the hearing to determine if IQ should play a role in execution sentences.

“There is no way that he can prove an IQ below 70,” Overing said.

The U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether to let Alabama execute convicted murderer Joseph Smith, whose IQ scores were ...

On Dec. 10, 1778, John Jay was elected president of the Continental Congress. He later became the Supreme Court’s first chief ...