The parents of slain Cleveland Police Officer Jamieson Ritter are urging state lawmakers to pass a bill they say is critical ...

A Feb. 6 report from Central Ohio Behavoral Healthcare stated that De'Lawnte Hardy was still not competent to stand trial.

Disagreement is brewing over progress on an effort to make changes to Oklahoma’s competency restoration system, administered by the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.

Ohio debates longer competency restoration period in criminal cases, surrounding the case of De'Lawnte Hardy, accused of ...

A Garfield County judge ruled Wednesday that Craig Allen Robbins is not competent to stand trial, ordering him into ...

A Middletown woman accused of fatally stabbing her 72-year-old mother will remain in a state psychiatric hospital indefinitely after a Butler County judge ruled she is unlikely to regain competency to ...

A Garfield County judge is weighing whether Craig Allen Robbins is competent to stand trial after hearing conflicting ...

Missouri has just eight outpatient beds for people charged with crimes who have been ordered to undergo mental health ...

Torrance State Hospital is one of only two hospitals in Pennsylvania that provide ‘competency restoration,’ treatment for people who have been deemed incompetent to stand trial. Spotlight PA is an ...

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