Insanity Defense

Letecia Stauch, accused of killing her stepson, held her head down during most of Monday’s proceeding and showed little emotion. More

April 4, 2023

Letecia Stauch Stauch has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in the death of her stepson, Gannon Stauch. More

April 3, 2023

11-year-old Gannon Stauch was reported missing from his Colorado home in 2020; his stepmother Leticia Stauch’s first-degree murder trial begins this week. More

March 20, 2023

Shooter seemed driven by bias against the LGBTQ community in plotting an attack at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, killing 5 and wounding 17. More

February 23, 2023

Taylor Schabusiness, the woman accused of killing and dismembering a Green Bay man, attacked her attorney during a hearing Tuesday. More

February 14, 2023

Lindsay Clancy was arraigned on 2 counts of murder, 3 counts of strangulation and 3 counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. More

February 6, 2023

As of right now, no cameras will be allowed in the courtroom during the trial of Letecia Stauch, the woman accused of killing her stepson. More

February 6, 2023

Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, who's charged with killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket nearly two years ago, remains mentally incompetent to stand trial. More

January 27, 2023

Brian Walshe used Google to look up ways to dismember and dispose of a body, including “how long before a body starts to smell." More

January 27, 2023

26 years after six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey was found dead in her family's home, her father speaks to Court TV about progress in the case. More

January 18, 2023

From the high-stakes case of Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard, to the intense trial of killer Darrell Brooks, here's the Court TV verdicts of 2022. More

December 7, 2022

Austin Harrouff, a former student at Florida State University, is charged in the deaths of Michelle Mishcon and John Stevens. More

November 28, 2022

Ethan Crumbley pleaded guilty to all 24 charges. The sentencing process is scheduled to start in February. More

November 15, 2022

Robert Findlay Smith is facing a potential death penalty in the killing of three people who were shot at an Alabama church dinner in June. More

November 7, 2022

Taylor Schabusiness is accused of killing and dismembering Shad Thyrion in Green Bay earlier this year. More

November 3, 2022

Paul Pelosi was attacked and severely beaten by an assailant who broke into the Pelosi home early Friday, police said. More

October 28, 2022

Ethan Crumbley has pleaded guilty to 24 charges in last year's deadly Oxford High School shooting. More

October 24, 2022

Brooks states on the record that he does not understand the charges against him, and that he does not understand how the state can be the plaintiff in the case. More

September 30, 2022

Michael McDermott, a 43-year-old computer programmer, worked at Edgewater Technology for about a year before he gunned down seven co-workers in Massachusetts. More

September 28, 2022

Prosecutors have asked a judge to not allow Darrell Brooks to represent himself on murder charges after the deadly Christmas parade crash. More

September 28, 2022

Letecia Stauch, who's accused of murdering her 11-year-old stepson, claims her civil rights have been violated in the El Paso County jail. More

September 28, 2022

Wisconsin judge defers decision on whether Darrell Brooks Jr. can represent himself. Brooks is accused of killing 6 people and injuring dozens more. More

September 27, 2022

Alabama officials call off the execution of Alan Miller, a man convicted in a workplace shooting, due to time concerns and trouble accessing his veins. More

September 23, 2022

A man accused of killing six people by driving an SUV through a Christmas parade in Wisconsin last year wants to represent himself. More

September 23, 2022

DENVER (Scripps News Denver) — A man accused of murdering a woman and injuring her boyfriend while they walked their dog in the Ballpark neighborhood in June 2020 has been found guilty of first-degree murder. The jury reached a verdict shortly before 2:30 p.m., convicting 38-year-old Michael Close in the murder of 21-year-old Isabella Thallas […] More

September 23, 2022

Alabama has requested to proceed with the execution of Alan Miller, who says his paperwork selecting nitrogen hypoxia as execution method was lost. More

September 22, 2022

Darrell Brooks, the man accused in the Waukesha Christmas Parade attack in Wisconsin, withdrew his plea of not guilty by insanity in court on Friday. More

September 9, 2022

WAUKESHA (Scripps News Milwaukee) — Darrell Brooks, the man accused of killing six people and injuring dozens in the Waukesha Christmas Parade, was back in court Friday for a motion hearing.    The hearings came after defense attorneys filed several motions, including one to suppress interrogation recordings from the night of the parade. Brooks […] More

August 26, 2022

DODGEVILLE, WI. (Court TV) – One fact is certain in the murder trial of Sean Pickett; The 21-year-old killed his mother and the family dog, a pit bull named “Chico.” This jury must decide whether he should be held responsible for causing their deaths. More

July 7, 2022

Here's a look at how insanity pleas work in the Wisconsin justice system and what Brooks' attorneys would have to prove to avoid prison. More

June 24, 2022