intellectual disability

Federal Appeals Court Halts Texas Execution of Edward Busby Over Intellectual Disability Questions

May 12, 2026

A federal appeals court has temporarily halted the scheduled execution of Texas death row inmate Edward Busby, citing unresolved constitutional questions surrounding whether he is intellectually disabled and therefore ineligible for execution under U.S. law. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued the 2-1 ruling ahead of Busby’s planned Thursday execution,…
Georgia Executes Death Row Inmate Willie Pye for 1993 Murder, Plus a Brief Update on The Death Penalty

Mar 23, 2024

The state of Georgia carried out its first execution in more than four years on Wednesday, putting death row inmate Willie Pye to death by lethal injection for the 1993 murder of Alicia Lynn Yarbrough. The execution took place at 11:03 p.m. at a prison in Jackson, about 50 miles south of Atlanta, as confirmed…

Federal Appeals Court Halts Texas Execution of Edward Busby Over Intellectual Disability Questions