Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By Brendan O'Brien WAUKESHA Wis. (Reuters) - One of two Wisconsin pre-teen girls accused of stabbing a friend to please the ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A judge ordered a competency exam Monday for a man accused of killing his wife and two children at ...

A judge has ordered a competency exam for the man accused of maintaining a meth lab and damaging a building in Michigan State University.

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - A judge has ordered multiple mental health exams for Joshua Hite, the man accused of killing Isadora Wengel. The court wants to know if he is mentally fit to stand ...

The recent case of Mark Latunski, accused of murdering and mutilating 25-year-old Kevin Bacon, has brought to light an old problem -- long wait times at the state’s Center for Forensic Psychiatry.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Every year judges order hundreds of Colorado defendants to undergo exams to determine whether they are mentally competent to stand trial. The use of such ...

Exterior of Whiting Forensic Hospital on the grounds of Connecticut Valley Hospital in Middletown. The maximum-security hospital has up to 78 beds for patients needing competency restoration. Credit: ...