What happens during competency evaluation? An expert explains.

Well, let’s start with some plain English, shall we? Webster’s Dictionary says that competency is the “possession of sufficient knowledge or skill.” To do what, it doesn’t say. Insanity, on the other ...

A task force will begin this month scrutinizing the methods and procedures used in Texas to evaluate a criminal defendant`s competency to stand trial and the use of the insanity defense. S.B. 553, ...

Aug. 26—The comments of a Hamilton man after his arrest for a fatal shooting inside Fairfield Twp. store caused his attorney to ask a judge to order a forensic psychological evaluation to determine ...

Jul. 6—The comments of a Middletown mother accused of running over and killing her 6-year-old son in February caught the attention of her attorney, prompting him to ask a judge to order a forensic ...

A photo of TCU student Wes Smith sits on the edge of Frog Fountain on the campus of TCU before vigil for Smith on Wednesday, September 6, 2023, in Fort Worth. Smith was shot and killed in an ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Attorneys for the suspect in the Boulder King Soopers mass shooting say he may be mentally incompetent to participate in the court process. Ahmad Al Aliwi ...

BOULDER, Colo. — Friday marks three years since the mass shooting at a Boulder King Soopers where 10 people were killed. Rikki Olds, Denny Stong, Neven Stanisic, Tralona Bartkowiak, Teri Leiker, ...