"I'm introducing federal legislation to limit the insanity defense in federal crimes," said Georgia Congressman Clay Fuller.

North Georgia Congressman Clay Fuller called for federal limits on guilty by insanity pleas as Lindsay Clancy faces a long, ...

Why do jurors hear the same evidence of psychosis yet reach different conclusions about insanity? Research suggests the ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks New York Law School's Heather Cucolo about the insanity defense and how often such defenses are successful.

A legal defense claiming insanity “only works a very small percentage of the time,” a legal expert tells PEOPLE Rob and Michele Reiner were found dead in their Los Angeles home on Dec. 14; their son ...

Nick Reiner has long been open about his struggles with drug abuse and mental health. But legal experts say it would still be very difficult for his defense lawyers to argue that he is not responsible ...

The families of two girls who a man allegedly tried to abduct in a pair of Macomb County communities in August 2024 are furious that prosecutors are accepting an insanity plea in the case. Macomb ...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect a statement made by Prosecutor Peter Lucido about the justification for this office’s stance. Lucido did not state it would be ‘unconstitutional’ ...

The families of two girls who a man allegedly tried to abduct in a pair of Macomb County communities in August 2024 are furious prosecutors are accepting an insanity plea in the case. Macomb County ...

A southeast Michigan judge rejected a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity and ordered a second mental evaluation of a man who authorities say tried to abduct two children, a decision applauded by ...