The insanity defense is a criminal justice scam that sets violent, unstable criminals free to further victimize the public ...

Psychosis is central to a western idea of criminal insanity. There exists, however, disagreement and controversy on how criminal insanity relates to mental disorders, as was demonstrated in the 22 ...

On January 24, 2023, Lindsay Clancy strangled her three young children to death, then she attempted suicide by cutting her ...

How and why does psychosis play a role when defining someone as criminally insane and lacking capacity for responsible action? Professor Linda Gröning at The Faculty of Law has been given 12 million ...

In the wake of last month’s deadly shooting in Parkland, Pacific Standard talked to a few leading scholars on how the insanity defense ought to be used in the courtroom. Memorials are seen on a fence ...

The jittery, harmless-looking little man in steel-rimmed spectacles was accused of murder, and he had long since confessed. Now, after four days of testimony and five hours of deliberation, the jurors ...

The long-awaited Bill reforming the law on criminal insanity is expected to be brought to the Cabinet today. It will update the definition of mental disorder and re-state the law on fitness to plead.