Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Members of the House Judiciary Committee appear ready to support a bipartisan proposal to change the state's criminal competency ...

Exterior of Whiting Forensic Hospital on the grounds of Connecticut Valley Hospital in Middletown. The maximum-security hospital has up to 78 beds for patients needing competency restoration. Credit: ...

As New Mexico lawmakers grapple with how to curb high crime rates, a court-affiliated working group has proposed legislation that would give judges more options in cases where defendants are deemed ...

Two women whose mother was killed in a hit-and-run crash joined others on Tuesday in calling for a special legislative session to repeal or amend a state law that has led to the dismissal of serious ...

There's a new push to change state laws regarding competency in criminal cases. The Colorado Parents Advocacy Network has started a new petition that calls on the state's district attorneys to urge ...

Professor Kirk Heilbrun, Head of the Department of Psychology at Drexel University, will discuss "Criminal Competency: Inside the Mind of Jared Lee Loughner" at the law school on Oct. 24. The talk ...

SANTA FE, N.M. — In Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s final State of the State address, she made it clear public safety reform is an expectation and not a suggestion. It’s been the same expectation in ...

When we hear “revolving door,” we often think of violent criminals in a catch-and-release system – but perhaps it’s better used to describe the people trapped in a criminal justice system that doesn’t ...

Members of the House Judiciary Committee appear ready to support a bipartisan proposal to change the state’s criminal competency laws as part of a larger package of public safety measures. If approved ...