Because their brainpower is so commanding, people who are intellectually gifted almost always use these 11 phrases when they ...

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 ...

The Georgia House unanimously passed a bill on Tuesday lessening the threshold for a person facing the death penalty to be considered intellectually disabled, which would make them ineligible for a ...

A bill that got unanimous support and a standing ovation in the Georgia House this week looks to make it easier for intellectually disabled people to avoid the death penalty, bringing the Peach State ...

This undated photo shows the death chamber at the Georgia Diagnostic Prison in Jackson, Ga. Photo by Georgia Department of Corrections/Getty Images Nearly four decades ago, public outrage over the ...

Tennessee death row inmate Byron Black is intellectually disabled under the definitions of a new state law and his death sentence should be commuted to life in prison, District Attorney Glenn Funk ...