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Judge Postpones Revocation Hearing for Morgan Geyser After Group Home Escape

Prosecutors are deferring to a sealed state health recommendation on whether she waits in jail or at a treatment hospital.

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

Morgan Geyser Back in Wisconsin Custody as State Moves to Revoke Release

Robert Dear Dies in Federal Custody, Leaving Planned Parenthood Shooting Case Unresolved

‘Slender Man’ Attacker Morgan Geyser Captured in Illinois After Fleeing Wisconsin Group Home

Morgan Geyser Recaptured in Illinois After Cutting Ankle Monitor

Sacramento Sheriff Intensifies Critique of California Mental-Health Diversion After Repeat Robbery Arrest

Orange County DA Warns 12 Incompetent-to-Stand-Trial Defendants Could Be Freed Without Locked Beds

Court Declares Villa María Matricide Accused Legally Unaccountable, Orders Psychiatric Internment

Ronald Exantus Extradited to Kentucky After Florida Arrest Over Registration Violation

Doncaster Woman Jailed for Three Years for Attempted Murder of Mother on Hospital Ward

Trial Opens for Afghan Suspect in Aschaffenburg Kindergarten Knife Attack

Jury Convicts Bionca Ellis in Killing of 3-Year-Old Outside North Olmsted Giant Eagle

Judge Halts B.J. Penn Cases, Orders Mental Health Evaluation

Paris-Area Man Charged Over Suspected Islamic State–Linked Plot, Held in Pretrial Detention

Bodycam Shows Derek Martin Admitting to Killing Stepdaughter and Her Husband, Jury Told

Prosecutors Seek 50-Year Terrorism Sentence as Algeciras Trial Is Set for Verdict

Jury Hears Derek Martin’s Account of Newhaven Double Killing in Diminished-Responsibility Trial

Alberta Appeal Court Upholds Denial of More Freedoms for Matthew de Grood

Wellington Jury Convicts Esarona Lologa of Five Murders in Loafers Lodge Fire