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 ...

Disability advocates are speaking out as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to take on a case that hinges on whether a diagnosis of intellectual disability should be based on more than an IQ score. The ...

A new version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders released this month includes changes to the definitions of both autism and intellectual disability that experts say will ...

Intellectual disability is a disorder marked by below-average intellectual function and a lack of skills necessary for independent daily living. The condition begins in the developmental period. The ...

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

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