The insanity defense, a bedrock principle of American criminal justice, is suddenly in peril. Aberrant laws in Kansas and four other states have decreed that a defendant can be guilty even if ...

The state Supreme Court has ordered that a man serving his New Hampshire prison sentence in Montana cannot be transferred back to the state to serve his time in the prison’s secure psychiatric unit ...

A horrific murder occurs. The defendant is caught and pleads not guilty by reason of insanity (NGRI). If the plea is successful, is someone getting away with murder without legal consequences? Well, ...

The insanity defense is the single most controversial legal doctrine relating to the mentally ill. Lawyers have forgotten the intent of the Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity (NGRI) defense: There is a ...