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Supreme Court Weighs How Multiple IQ Scores Should Factor in Death Penalty Eligibility

The ruling could determine whether courts apply a holistic clinical assessment or treat scores above 70 as dispositive in intellectual-disability claims.

Hearing Closes in Tommy Zeigler Case as Judge Weighs New DNA and Blood Evidence

Louisiana Death Row Prisoner Freed on Bond as High Court Weighs Overturned Conviction

Florida Executes Richard Barry Randolph, Marking State’s 17th Execution of 2025

Florida Executes Samuel Lee Smithers for 1996 Killings, Marking 14th Execution of 2025

Judge Denies Stay for Anthony Boyd Ahead of Alabama Nitrogen Execution

Florida Executes Victor Tony Jones, Extending Single-Year Record to 13

Texas Judge Schedules Oct. 16 Execution for Robert Roberson in Discredited Shaken Baby Syndrome Case

Utah Judge Schedules Sept. 5 Firing Squad Execution for Inmate With Dementia

Supreme Court Allows Texas Inmate to Challenge State DNA-Testing Law

Oklahoma to Retry Richard Glossip Without Seeking Death Penalty

Supreme Court to Review Multiple IQ Tests in Alabama Death Penalty Appeal

Tennessee Executes Oscar Smith Under Revised Lethal Injection Protocol