If a defendant is ruled Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity (NGRI), a court must find a defendant unable to distinguish right from wrong due to their mental state at the time of a crime.
Thursday marks two years since 11-year-old Gannon Stauch was reported missing by his stepmother, Letecia Stauch. Now, she is accused of his murder, along with... More
January 27, 2022
Defense attorneys for the alleged Michigan school shooter filed a notice saying they plan on using an insanity defense at trial. Crumbley is accused of... More
January 27, 2022
Attorneys say a teenager charged with killing four students at Michigan high school will pursue an insanity defense. More
January 27, 2022
Travis Reinking faces 17 counts, including murder, after allegedly opened fire at a Waffle House restaurant, killing four people. More
January 26, 2022
Police said Travis Reinking, 32, was naked save for a green jacket when he opened fire inside the restaurant. More
January 25, 2022
Florida prosecutors and Circuit Judge Scott Suskauer accepted Hannah Roemhild's plea during a three-minute hearing with the 32-year-old singer appearing by Zoom from her home... More
January 18, 2022
Corey Johnson will spend the rest of his life behind bars for fatally stabbing a 13-year-old boy during a 2018 sleepover. More
January 14, 2022
A judge has found that a man charged with sexually attacking and fatally stabbing two young women in separate killings nearly 30 years ago near... More
January 6, 2022
Over an 11-hour interview with investigators last July former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo defiantly denied allegations he sexually harassed women and sparred with lawyers... More
November 10, 2021
Doctors determining whether Ahmad Alissa -- man charged with killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket -- is mentally competent to stand trial getting more... More
September 28, 2021
CORONA, Calif. (AP) — A man accused of fatally shooting two young people inside a Southern California movie theater last July has pleaded not guilty,... More
September 27, 2021
John Hinckley was 25 when he shot and wounded the 40th U.S. president outside a Washington hotel on March 30, 1981. More
September 27, 2021
Hearing determine Ahmad Alissa man charged killing 10 people Colorado supermarket stand trial delayed lawyers believe "mental disability" prevents understand proceedings help defend him. More
September 3, 2021
By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A man charged with sexually attacking and fatally stabbing two young women in the early 1990s as... More
July 30, 2021
KEMPTON, Pa. (AP) — Defense attorneys say they will mount an insanity defense in the case of a woman charged with murder in the deaths... More
November 16, 2020
Court TV anchor Vinnie Politan and special contributor Ashleigh Banfield take a look at defendants who have pleaded insanity. More
August 18, 2020
