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 ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Cuyahoga County prosecutors are seeking changes to state law that would allow authorities more time to ...

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

The Colorado Springs man accused of impersonating an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer before engaging in an ...

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 ...

T his week an Arapahoe County judge dismissed the case against a man accused of robbing an Aurora business multiple times ...

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 ...

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 ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The man accused of shooting six people and killing two inside a New Albany warehouse appeared in a courtroom Wednesday to see if he is competent to stand trial. The shooting happened ...

WEWS: Michael Benza, professor of practice at the School of Law, discussed the mental competency of a woman accused of fatally stabbing a 3-year-old boy in a North Olmsted grocery store parking lot.

A backlog of defendants deemed mentally unfit for trial persists in Missouri despite public policy changes to address the ...