A Georgia bill that would ease the state's tough death penalty law is on track to become law. It is illegal in every U.S. state for someone to get the death penalty if they are intellectually disabled ...

Georgia requires proof of intellectual disability beyond a reasonable doubt, making it the only state with such a high burden of proof. H.B. 123 would lower the standard to a preponderance of ...

Georgia joins a number of states that will comply with a directive from the U.S. Department of Education to remove diversity, equity and inclusion programs in schools or face the termination of ...

A Georgia federal court denied Navicent Health Inc.’s motion to dismiss a police officer’s disparate treatment and failure to accommodate claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Willis v.

A Georgia woman has been sentenced after pleading guilty to strapping her disabled daughter, 7, into a stroller and leaving her in a closet to die when she moved out and apparently moved on with her ...

A mother of three is facing charges of reckless conduct after one of her children was found wandering in the night, according to investigators in south Georgia. The nonverbal child was one of three ...

Haley Dahl, who has autism, was placed at Kennesaw Floral through the Tommy Nobis Center, a Georgia-based nonprofit that ...

Millions of healthcare dollars could be at risk in Georgia as congressional Republicans continue to weigh cuts to Medicaid.

Defendants who are found to have an intellectual disability would be exempt from the death penalty and receive alternative sentences. In multiple cases in Georgia, lawyers have unsuccessfully ...

Georgia Set to Ease Strict Rules for Proving Intellectual Disability in Death Penalty Cases ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia makes it harder than any other state for an individual to prove they are ...