Insanity Defense

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

A man who drove his car through crowds of people in Times Square in 2017, killing a young tourist and maiming helpless pedestrians, was cleared of responsibility because of mental illness. More

June 22, 2022

A concert by John Hinckley Jr., who shot and wounded President Ronald Reagan in 1981, has been canceled even as Hinckley was freed from federal court oversight. More

June 16, 2022

John Hinckley Jr., who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981, is saying thank you to the people who helped him win freedom from court oversight. More

June 2, 2022

John Hinckley, who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981, is "no longer a danger to himself or others" and will be freed from all restrictions this month. More

June 1, 2022

Attorneys for the U.S. government have indicated that they will not oppose a plan to lift all remaining restrictions next month on John Hinckley Jr., the man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981. More

May 20, 2022

Clarence Dixon, Arizona man convicted of killing a college student in 1978, was put to death after a nearly eight-year hiatus in the state's use of the death penalty brought on by a nearly two-hour execution that critics say was botched. More

May 11, 2022

A judge has ruled that an Arizona prisoner convicted in the 1978 killing of a university student is mentally fit to be put to death next week. More

May 5, 2022

A judge on Thursday set a Sept. 6 trial date for a teenager charged with murder and other crimes in a Michigan school shooting that killed four students. More

April 21, 2022

Former Olympian Michael Barisone not guilty in the shooting of Lauren Kanarek. Barisone had faced attempted murder and other charges. More

April 14, 2022

A man has been sentenced to 375 years in jail in the 2016 slayings of three people, including two children. More

April 11, 2022