From M'Naghthen's attempt to shoot the Prime Minister of England to Hinkley's attempt to shoot the President of the United States, the insanity defense is an example of a legal principle that has been ...

The man caught on camera taking a 4-year-old Dallas boy from his bed and killing him nearly four years ago is now competent ...

SAN ANTONIO - The attorney for a young woman on trial for the brutal murder of her own grandmother is asking the judge to find her not guilty by reason of insan ...

The man caught on camera taking a 4-year-old Dallas boy from his bed and killing him nearly four years ago is now competent to stand trial. FOX 4 is learning more about what that means and how his ...

An attorney has told Newsweek that insanity is likely the only workable defense for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Greg Germain, an attorney with ...

Fredrick Logan, 30, is charged with second-degree murder and weapons-related crimes for the slaying of Ricky Williams, 28, ...

Few issues in criminal law are less understood than how the mental health of a defendant applies to a case. This subject is largely divided into two issues in Michigan: ...

The Massachusetts mom charged with strangling her three kids with exercise bands will undergo a psychiatric exam after her lawyers said they are preparing to mount an insanity defense. Plymouth ...

Electronic mail: [email protected]. There is a great deal of misunderstanding about the use and success of the insanity defense (Blau, McGinley, & Pasewark, 1993; Blau & Pasewark, 1994; Perlin, 1990, ...