Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hays County could be the 22nd Texas county to have a jail-based competency restoration program by the summer, according to Hays ...

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, District Court and mental health providers are launching a new local process for evaluating defendants’ mental competency and offering outpatient treatment for ...

The tripling of people in Wisconsin being found not competent to stand trial due to mental illness or disability is stressing ...

The trial of a man accused of killing his mother has been put on hold, pending the restoration of his competency. On Dec. 1, court documents were filed showing the court canceled Christian May's ...

New York lawmakers sent a bill to Governor Kathy Hochul’s desk that includes several major reforms to how the courts ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — An Oregon Health Authority report has revealed the state’s need to improve how it manages services for residents who have been charged with a crime, but deemed unfit to ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO/Gray News) - Two children, ages 9 and 11, who are charged in connection with the brutal assault of a 5-year-old girl last year must undergo competency restoration before they can ...

ST. LOUIS — As a young girl growing up in Missouri, Megan Jolly loved to read, dance and dress up. For her 20th birthday, she and her mother wore formal gowns to dinner on a cruise ship to Cozumel, ...

When a defense counsel, prosecutor, or judge has reason to question whether a defendant can rationally assist in their own defense, the court may order a competency evaluation, the most common ...

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