A Florida bill that would eliminate the insanity defense barely squeaked by its first committee hearing Monday amid withering ...

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is asking state lawmakers to consider a proposal that would overhaul the state’s insanity defense.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nick Reiner has long been open about his struggles with drug abuse and mental health. But legal experts say it would still be very ...

THE HOSPITAL EVER SINCE. SO GOOD TO SEE WALKING OUT. YES. WELL, TOMORROW THE TRIAL BEGINS IN THE MURDER OF 14 YEAR-OLD RYAN ROGERS, A PALM BEACH GARDENS TEEN WHO WAS KILLED FOUR YEARS AGO. IT ROCKED ...

A bill sparked by the 2015 killing of a six-year-old would tighten eligibility for a release program and end not guilty by reason of insanity verdicts.

A New Jersey mother who fatally stabbed her five-month-old daughter has been found not guilty by reason of insanity, a ruling that places mental illness, criminal responsibility and public safety in ...

INDIANAPOLIS — A jury trial is postponed indefinitely as an Indianapolis man seeks an insanity defense in a double murder case. The judge will now appoint two medical experts to evaluate Jason Lapsley ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. In the years before Rob and Michele Reiner were killed, Los Angeles police made at least two visits to their home ...

A breakdown of issues at play in the case ahead of the Los Angeles arraignment. By Winston Cho For what’s been characterized as an open-and-shut case, there are still a lot of questions about the ...

By Bradley R. Hoch Newly discovered documents show that one of the earliest successful insanity pleas was in Adams County, ...

WKYC: Michael Benza, professor of practice at the School of Law, explained that the toughest challenge in Bionca Ellis’ insanity defense is proving her mental illness prevented her from understanding ...