A Hong Kong court sentenced Chan Ho-hin, a 23-year-old man with an intellectual disability, to two years and four months in prison for inciting subversion by publishing pro-Taiwan and anti-CCP messages and attempting to disseminate leaflets.
Dane Waites, a survivor of child sexual abuse, faces NDIS funding cuts after receiving compensation from the Catholic Church. The National Disability Insurance Agency reduced his funding by $50,000, impacting his ability to afford essential support services. Waites and his mother are appealing the decision, highlighting the distress and uncertainty faced by many NDIS participants.
The Supreme Court dismissed Alabama's attempt to execute Joseph Clifton Smith, who has borderline intellectual disability. The court left in place lower court rulings protecting Smith, who has multiple IQ scores slightly above 70.
A Texas man, deemed intellectually disabled by experts, was executed for the killing of a retired professor.
Edward Busby, deemed intellectually disabled by experts, was executed in Texas for the 2004 suffocation death of Laura Lee Crane, despite last-minute appeals and a U.S. Supreme Court dissent by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.
