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Man Found Dead in New Jersey Jail After Insanity Ruling in Brother’s Killing

Officials say the death intensifies scrutiny of jail mental‑health monitoring pending his transfer to a state psychiatric hospital.

Fort Worth Judge Acquits Man in 2024 Firewood Killing by Reason of Insanity

Lindsay Clancy Offers to Admit Killings to Seek Split Trial on Insanity

Texas Death-Row Inmate Andre Thomas Remains Under Psychiatric Review

Prosecutors Seek TBS for Man Accused of Decapitating His Mother in Hellevoetsluis

Tabloids Revisit 1981 Paris Cannibal Murder That Led to Killer’s Release

Lindsay Clancy Makes First In-Person Court Appearance as Defense Seeks Two-Phase Trial

Jury Set to Deliberate in Randy Santos Chinatown Killings Insanity Trial

Judge Rules Back Bay Crash Suspect Incompetent to Stand Trial in Axelrod Killing

Irish Jury Finds Henry McGowan Not Guilty of Father’s Killing by Reason of Insanity

Trial Opens in Ireland as US Son Pleads Insanity in Father’s Killing at Ballyfin Demesne

Revisiting the Dena Schlosser Case: Postpartum Psychosis Behind a 2004 Killing

Andrea Yates Case Revisited as New Coverage Focuses on Psychosis, Trials and Ongoing Commitment

Prosecutor Says Unreported Release Violation Preceded Disney-Area Triple Killing

Neighbor Arrested in Triple Killing Near Disney World as Questions Mount Over Prior Insanity Release

TMZ Special Claims Nick Reiner Is Not Competent to Stand Trial, 'Childlike' in Jail

Neighbor Arrested in Random, Premeditated Killing of Three Tourists Near Disney, Sheriff Says

Rusty Yates Rejects Preacher Theory After New Andrea Yates Documentary

Jury Selection Begins in Ryan Rogers Killing With Insanity Defense Planned

Andrea Yates Case Reexamined as Docuseries Probes Preacher’s Influence; Rusty Yates Speaks