What is the process for determining an individual’s competency to stand trial? First, a defense attorney must request a competency evaluation through the Chatham County Mental Health Court by ...

The House passed 90-0 a bill to revise the state's method of determining the competency of death row inmates, a bid to comply with a recent state Supreme Court decision. A pair of decisions handed ...

We'll talk about the ruling yesterday that found the accused shooter of Arizona Congresswomen Gabrielle Gifford incompetent to stand trial. San Diego Federal Judge Larry Burns who was brought in to ...

PINE BLUFF — Lawyers today for Jack Gordon Greene, a convicted killer who is scheduled to be executed Nov. 9, argued in Jefferson County Circuit Court that the Arkansas prison director’s role in ...

"The court provided guidance that where a person has had an initial clinical evaluation for competency at court, the commonwealth has the burden to prove by clear and convincing evidence that ...

House Bill 8, passed with bipartisan support, addresses criminal competency, fentanyl trafficking and repeat auto theft. The bill reforms the process for determining competency for trial and the need ...

A recent study published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology examined gastroenterology fellowship programs’ readiness for competency-based evaluation in endoscopic procedural training. Here ...