WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states can prevent criminal defendants from pleading insanity without violating their constitutional rights. The decision could prompt states across ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday limited the rights of criminal defendants, declaring that states can bar them from using the so-called insanity defense in a ruling involving a Kansas man sentenced to ...

WASHINGTON (CN) — A man who killed his two teen daughters, as well their mom and great-grandmother, failed Monday in his Supreme Court challenge of the law in Kansas for insanity pleas. The murders ...

"After mental health evaluations by our office's experts and the Department of Mental Health, our office and the Court ...

A Belmont County man accused of making bomb threats to local businesses is now facing trial after a judge withdrew his not ...

IN a landmark decision, the Supreme Court ruled that litigants claiming insanity as defense need not document their history ...

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The insanity defense is going to the Supreme Court. First Monday in October—the traditional opening of the Supreme Court term—is coming up and the first case the Court will hear is a challenge to the ...

Daniel Buchman, right, and his attorney George Cosenza, left, appear in Washington County Common Pleas Court Monday. (Photo by Janelle Patterson) MARIETTA — A plea of insanity will be accepted by ...

An 18-year-old man accused of making mulitple bomb threats to businesses around St. Clairsville was found competent to stand ...