while the defense argued for verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity. Joseph Alan Sarmiento, 40, is charged with murdering 38-year-old Massachusetts resident Helena Johnson in room 201 of the ...

motel room more than three years ago took the stand in his own defense on Tuesday morning ... offense — or if he is not guilty by reason of insanity. Deputy Attorney General Brian M.

Sobeski-Reedy further said Johnson also suffered from mental illness and was documented as having violent outbursts in her past in seeking an insanity defense for Sarmiento. Sarmiento believed ...

(Left, Chip Somodevilla/Getty; images at right, TING SHEN/AFP/Getty ... trail railing against the depredations of “transgender insanity” and “gender ideology.” Both were targets of ...

Why on God’s green earth would they put up with the insanity that we have in Washington now ... D.C. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) What makes this all so destructive for Kansas and the country is the ...

Ex-Kentucky Sheriff Charged in Judge's Killing May Get Evaluated for Insanity Defense LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Prosecutors have requested a mental evaluation for a former Kentucky sheriff charged ...

A former Kentucky sheriff accused of shooting and killing a judge in his chambers plans to use an insanity defense.The shooting happened at the Letcher County Courthouse last September ...

Counsel for a former Kentucky sheriff who has been accused of fatally shooting Letcher County District Judge Kevin Mullins ...

It also said the attorneys would mount “a defense of insanity, as well as a defense of extreme emotional disturbance.” However, it also indicated the defense is not planning to raise the issue ...

Easley The Kentucky sheriff accused of killing a district judge plans to mount an insanity defense. Former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn "Mickey" Stines will "present a defense of insanity ...

In Tennessee, a not guilty by reasonable insanity verdict in especially difficulty. Tennessee also has the concept of diminish capacity, which is not a defense, but is rather used to attack the ...

The rural Kentucky sheriff charged with gunning down his longtime judge pal in his chambers is planning to offer an insanity defense at his trial, according to legal papers. Now-former Lester ...