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A divided US Supreme Court has dismissed Alabama's bid to execute a convicted murderer, Joseph Clifton Smith, who lower courts had found to be intellectually disabled. Smith beat his victim, Durk Van ...

Executive function describes a set of cognitive processes and mental skills that help an individual plan, monitor, and successfully execute their goals. The “executive functions,” as they’re known, ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday let stand an appeals court decision that barred Alabama from executing a man that lower courts found is likely intellectually disabled. The Supreme Court, in an unsigned ...

An Oklahoma death row inmate set to be executed this week says he knows he committed a "horrible crime" when he killed his ex-girlfriend and her infant daughter, but that he doesn't deserve to die.