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. Storms knock out power to over 40,000 in NJ and results in ...

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.

Alcoholic insanity is an outdated term for alcohol-induced psychosis. Learn the symptoms, risk factors, ... a person can help them by calling 911 or taking them to an emergency room.

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 ...

Charles Crawford was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death in 1994, but he says his attorneys pleaded insanity, ... it should only be applied when the accused person does not object.

PORTLAND, Ore. – The person who previously confessed to setting the Portland Korean Church on fire in January 2023 was found guilty except for insanity in early August, according to court documents.