Some experts questioned the continued treatment to restore their competency for prisoners who have been severely mentally ill ...

Sep. 26—Both attorneys in the case of a Science Hill man accused of killing two family members and injuring a third are requesting that he receive a mental health evaluation before further action in ...

Ohio passed a law in 2021 that exempted people with mental illnesses from being executed. Nine inmates have been removed from ...

A judge has found a woman accused of killing her boyfriend and cutting off his penis in May 2024 incompetent to proceed to ...

One year after 80-year-old Ruth Dalton and her dog were killed in Seattle, her family is still waiting for justice, as mental ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - In a court hearing Thursday, a Lancaster County judge said he will not order a competency hearing for the man accused of murdering a Wisconsin woman and then leading authorities ...

Lori Vallow appeared in an Arizona court after she refused to show up a week prior. A judge has ruled that a competency evaluation process for Vallow should continue. PHOENIX - Lori Vallow, the ...

Samantha Booth is being held without bond on charges she stabbed 83-year-old David Ong to death while employed as a nanny by ...

ROCK COUNTY, Wis. (WKOW) -- A judge on Thursday ordered an inpatient evaluation for a 20-year-old charged with the murder of an 8-year-old family member. Rock County authorities accuse Dayveon Lathrop ...

After a total of 17 trial cancellations between September 2022 and September 2023, Shakina Thomas, the suspected shooter of an Anacortes man, is set to have a competency hearing at Skagit Jail ...

DISMISSED. WE KNOW CASES HAVE BEEN DISMISSED BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE AS RECENTLY AS THIS WEEK. MENTAL COMPETENCY EVALUATIONS ARE ORDERED BY JUDGES... SENDING CRIMINAL DEFENDANTS FOR A REVIEW WITH A ...

With Summit County’s contribution to the 5th Judicial District doubling in the county’s 2026 draft budget, the Summit Board of County Commissioners had the district attorney’s office give a ...