A 35-year-old man with severe developmental challenges was arrested by police on Monday night after officers mistakenly ...

The prosecution in Marcelle Jerrill Waldon's death-penalty case will be allowed an expert to counter defense claims that Waldon suffers an intellectual disability and is therefore ineligible for a ...

Reginald Jackson has been ruled intellectually disabled and therefore ineligible for the death penalty, upholding a constitutional bar on capital punishment in such cases.

The bill advanced Wednesday by the House Courts and Criminal Code Committee would tighten protections for defendants with ...

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - A Lynchburg jury has convicted a man who had been charged with sexually assaulting a woman with an intellectual disability. October 21, 2025, 50-year-old Thomas Seabolt was ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in a case that advocates say could have major implications for how intellectual disability is defined. The high court will consider Hamm v. Smith on ...

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 ...

People with disabilities are four times more likely to be victims of violent crime. Federal funding to bring their abusers to justice is dwindling.