The death masks of Joseph and Hyrum Smith are displayed at the Church History Museum in Salt Lake City Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. Researchers compared Joseph Smith’s death mask with a new ...

(Courtesy of the Church History Museum) Death mask of Joseph Smith. What did they conclude? Their take was that 19 of 21 points were within the 5% range of probability for matching.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) The death masks of Joseph and Hyrum Smith were removed from the Church History Museum in 2014, when it underwent renovation.

Decades ago, the Court said inmates who are intellectually disabled can't be executed. Now, it will weigh the use of intelligence tests in death penalty cases.

That small locket photo spurs big questions about Joseph Smith and Mormonism Accounts of his appearance vary among believers and skeptics, but all seem to agree on his extraordinarily blue eyes.

A family heirloom at least 170 years old could contain the very first image of Joseph Smith, Jr. , founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Joseph Smith on film: Six actors who played the prophet — and how they did From a classic movie vampire to a former Superman, many have tried to portray the Mormon founder.

The Supreme Court on Monday ordered a federal appeals court to take another look at the case of a death row inmate in Alabama whom lower courts found has an intellectual disability. Joseph Smith ...

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The court on June 6 said it would take up the case of Alabama death row inmate Joseph Smith, who was convicted and sentenced to death for a brutal murder in 1997.