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NSW Court Rules Albury Motel Killing Proven, Finds Accused Not Criminally Responsible

The judge accepted psychiatric evidence of a psychotic relapse that left him unable to know the stabbing was wrong.

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

Toronto Man Who Killed Two Strangers Gets Life With No Parole for 25 Years

Court Finds Seattle Gunman Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity, Orders Psychiatric Commitment

Göttingen Court Opens Sicherungsverfahren in Liana Killing as Hanover Probes Suspected Landtag Leak

Jury Set to Deliberate in Randy Santos Chinatown Killings Insanity Trial

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

Prosecutor Says Unreported Release Violation Preceded Disney-Area Triple Killing

Montreal Man Found Not Criminally Responsible in 2023 Triple Stabbing as Crown Seeks High-Risk Status

Aschaffenburg Marks One Year Since Park Stabbings With Memorial Services

Prosecutors Demand TBS for Man Accused of Killing 11-Year-Old Sohani in Nieuwegein

Massachusetts High Court Upholds Fujita Murder Conviction, Allows Parole Eligibility After 15 Years

Prosecutors Seek 20-Year Prison Term Plus TBS for Rape and Killing of 75-Year-Old in Halsteren

Judge Hears Bipolar Diagnosis as Hinton Seeks Insanity Plea in Deputy’s Death

Morgan Geyser’s Lawyer Seeks Hospital Transfer With Revocation Hearing Set

National Court Acquits Algeciras Church Attacker for Insanity, Orders Up to 30 Years in Psychiatric Custody

Prosecutors Demand TBS, No Prison, for Curtly E. in Killing of 12-Year-Old Son

Hamburg Court Sets Closed Hearing on Prosecutors' Bid for Indefinite Psychiatric Commitment

Trial Opens for Afghan Suspect in Aschaffenburg Kindergarten Knife Attack