In the most recent "Room for Debate" feature in The New York Times, five scholars involved in law, psychiatry, and criminal justice discuss the current state of the insanity defense in light of the ...

A former Nebraska brain surgeon awaiting trial for sexual assault of a child wants to plead insanity.

A Miami mother found not guilty by reason of insanity in the 2021 drowning death of her one-year-old daughter tells NBC6 she ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. An attorney has told Newsweek that insanity is likely the only workable ...

WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) - If the U.S. soldier being held for the massacre of 16 Afghan civilians faces an Army court-martial, his lawyers will likely have a hard time persuading a military jury ...

There are times when the insanity defense, with all the controversy that surrounds it, is in the news. This is one of those times: It is highly likely that James Holmes, who is facing 142 felony ...