A Florida bill that would eliminate the insanity defense barely squeaked by its first committee hearing Monday amid withering criticisms but only after the bill sponsor promised to make substantial ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is urging lawmakers to overhaul the state’s insanity defense. His proposal would replace ...

Nick Reiner has long been open about his struggles with drug abuse and mental health. But legal experts say it would still be very difficult for his defense lawyers to argue that he is not responsible ...

Kentucky lawmakers filed a bill this session that would eliminate the insanity defense in the state. "Logan's Law" is named for a 6-year-old boy who was murdered in his home in 2015. Ronald Exantus, ...