Micah Pearson believes that if there had been an assisted outpatient treatment program in place 13 years ago in Maryland, he wouldn't have a criminal record today. At the age of 47, Pearson is now an ...

The waitlist for competency evaluations by the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health (DBHDD) continues to grow as does the one for beds at state mental health hospitals. As a result, inmates at ...

The Wyoming Supreme Court building in Cheyenne. Credit: Steven Frame/Adobe Stock In a certified question, the Wyoming Supreme Court unanimously concluded a state statute expressly grants a circuit ...

Lori Vallow Daybell, the "Doomsday Mom," who is on trial for her ex-husband's death in Maricopa County, appeared in court Nov. 20 after refusing to appear at her proceedings a week prior for a Rule 11 ...

HIGH VOLUME OF CASES WITH NOT ENOUGH STAFF. THIS IS A NICHE KIND OF INDUSTRY. IT’S NOT AS IF THERE ARE FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGISTS WALKING THE STREETS OF CONCORD OR MANCHESTER LOOKING FOR JOBS. PAULA ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. — People charged with crimes who have been deemed mentally incompetent sometimes wait months in jail for restoration services at the state hospital. The 1st Judicial District, ...

A competency hearing is scheduled next week in Morgan County Circuit Court for a Hillsboro man accused of burglarizing two ...

A Dearborn man charged with ethnic intimidation at a Bloomfield Township synagogue is facing up to three evaluations in three different courts to determine mental competency. Court evaluators in ...

The Utah Supreme Court is now deciding whether death row inmate Ralph Leroy Menzies should be granted another competency hearing in district court and whether his scheduled execution by firing squad ...

"The plain language of Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 7-11-303(a) comports with procedural and constitutional law. For example, defendants have a right to counsel at a preliminary hearing, e.g., Coleman, Wilson, ...