A man accused of trying to kill his ex-girlfriend with a camping saw has pleaded not guilty by reason of mental disease in Ashland County Circuit Court.
Defense lawyers for a man who admitting killing a 75-year-old Sioux Falls woman in her home last summer contend South Dakota law does not allow for the execution of a mentally ill inmate.
Police officers who arrested a woman who exhibited symptoms of a mental health disorder in a safe location but released her into a dangerous neighborhood may be sued under §1983, the 7th Circuit has ruled.
One of two defendants charged with fatally beating a man at a farm in Calumet County has changed his plea.
Earlier this year, the U.S. Supreme Court held that need for rehabilitation is not an appropriate basis for imprisonment.
Insurance Intentional acts exclusion; mental illness An intentional acts exclusion in a homeowners policy applies, even if the insured lacks the mental capacity to govern his conduct. “While Wright correctly articulates Wicka’s logic, and while cases in several states do in fact hold that insanity is a bar to applying the intentional acts exclusion, we [...]
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