Feb. 28—Shellie Whitmore has yet to be in a courtroom with the man accused of stabbing her father to death on a walking path in Manchester more than two years ago. The next chance to change that ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A northeast Kansas county is launching a new effort to more quickly evaluate the mental competency of people charged with a crime. It’s believed the be the first such program of ...

State Sen. Nathan Manning (R-North Ridgeville) and state Sen. Thomas Patton (R-Strongsville) recently gave sponsor testimony on Senate Bill 295, legislation that would extend the timeline for ...

BENNINGTON — A discussion of legal competency restoration will be held at the State House in Montpelier on Wednesday, Jan. 21. Featured attendees will be Kelly Carroll, mother of murder victim Emily ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cuyahoga County prosecutors are backing a bill that aims to extend the mental competency restoration period for aggravated murder and murder defendants from one year to five years.