SEATTLE — A defendant’s ability to participate in their own defense is a fundamental requirement for a court case to proceed to trial in the United States. If a defendant is deemed mentally ...

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

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 ...

A Missouri Court of Appeals panel denied a Kansas City judge's claim this week that he had the authority to order the state's mental health department to complete competency evaluations on a dozen ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...