Some studies report that insanity defenses are used less than 1% of the time, but a few recent New Jersey cases show how they work. ... “The notion that the person, [an insanity defense] ...

"I've used the insanity defense a couple of times, for murders," Meshbesher said. "But even when the defendant says he's hearing voices, or God told him to do this, it's still a last-ditch defense ...

Insanity is not a defense in Idaho for cases like Bryan Kohberger and Lori Vallow Daybell since state law changed in 1982. ... a person accused of a crime may claim insanity as a defense, ...

Georgia law outlines two tests for someone seeking to use an insanity defense at trial. Both have to do with the person’s mental state “at the time of” the alleged crime.

Washington said a finding of not guilty by reason of insanity is about the person’s state of mind when the crime was committed — “basically, they didn’t understand the difference between ...

The lawyer for a woman indicted last month for a North Side stabbing has filed a motion that his client will be pleading not ...

MANCHESTER, N.H. — A man accused of killing his grandmother with a hammer in September has filed a notice to plead insanity. Joshua Lanchester was indicted on a charge of second-degree murder in ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A Multnomah County judge on Friday found a Portland man accused of killing three people in 2022 guilty except for insanity on three counts of second-degree murder and ...