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Georgia board declines to stay man's execution after lawyers claim he's intellectually disabled
ABC News via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA Georgia board declined Tuesday to stay the execution of a man sentenced to death in the killing of...
Georgia Executes Man Despite Intellectual Disability
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA Black disabled Georgia man who was convicted nearly three decades ago for murdering his ex-girlfriend, among other crimes, was executed on Wednesday...
How an Intellectually Disabled Man Landed in Prison for Murder He Didn’t Commit
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 1 year agoREUTERS/Andrew KellyAn intellectually disabled man was railroaded into a life sentence by NYPD...
Tennessee DA seeks death sentence commutation, AG against
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTennessee's conservative attorney general and Nashville's liberal district attorney are at odds over...
State pivots to fight death row inmate Byron Black's disability claim
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 2 years agoByron Black's case keeps landing on the fringes. It's rare for the state to allow a new avenue for...
Appeals Court weighs death row inmate's disability claims
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAttorneys for Tennessee death row inmate Byron Black told a state appeals court on Tuesday that he...
Texas criminal appeals court removes Tomas Gallo from death row because of his intellectual...
Texas Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe Huntsville Unit Texas State Penitentiary, which houses Texas' execution chamber, on Jan. 31,...
Georgia slated to execute Willie James Pye, whose lawyers say is intellectually disabled
theGrio via AOL· 3 months agoPye is scheduled to be the first person executed in Georgia since January 2020. ATLANTA (AP) — A...
Execution Of Texas Inmate Who Gouged Out His Eyes Delayed As State Determines Whether He's...
Oxygen via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA Texas death row inmate who gouged out his own eyes while jailed for killing his estranged wife,...
Couple files lawsuit, alleges CYF took their daughter because they are intellectually disabled
WPXI via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA recently filed lawsuit alleges the Allegheny County Office of Children Youth and Families (CYF)...