Death-penalty prisoners would have to prove low IQ for successful disability claim

A House bill that would require people convicted in death-penalty cases to submit evidence of an IQ below 75 to claim an ...
MedPage Today

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: An Evaluation of Intellectual Function Over Time

Involvement of different brain dystrophin isoforms was assessed in 3 groups of young males diagnosed with DMD. On their first assessment, 43 of the 70 patients with DMD had normal intelligence ...
Disability Scoop

Supreme Court To Hear Case On Intellectual Disability

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 ...
Jurist

Hamm v. Smith: Supreme Court Revisits the Line Between Intellectual Disability and Execution

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday, December 10, heard oral arguments in Hamm vs. Smith, a capital case that could reshape how courts evaluate intellectual disability under Atkins v. Virginia and its ...
Jurist

Explainer: US Supreme Court to Review How IQ Scores May Redefine Intellectual Disability on ...

The US Supreme Court will hear Hamm v. Smith on Wednesday, December 10, a death penalty case testing how courts should treat multiple IQ scores when deciding whether a death-row prisoner is ...
The New York Times

Supreme Court Grapples With Death Penalty Case on Intellectual Disability

The case involves an Alabama man who challenged his death sentence after a murder conviction because of his varying results in a series of I.Q. tests. By Ann E. Marimow Reporting from Washington The ...