CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cuyahoga County prosecutors are backing a bill that aims to extend the mental competency restoration period for aggravated murder and murder defendants from one year to five years.

The case against a Kaukauna man accused of attacking an Appleton police officer with a knife was suspended until 2026 as the defendant remains incompetent to stand trial. In April 2020, Troy ...

Ralph Menzies will not die by firing squad next week after the Utah Supreme Court announced late Friday afternoon that more evaluation is needed to determine whether the death row inmate is competent ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Next week's firing squad execution of death row inmate Ralph Leroy Menzies will not happen because of a Utah Supreme Court ruling handed down Friday afternoon. In a 5-0 vote, the ...

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Supreme Court is now deciding whether death row inmate Ralph Leroy Menzies should be granted another competency hearing in district court and whether his scheduled execution ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (WSPA) – Steven Bixby, an inmate on South Carolina’s death row, had his competency hearing in Greenville Thursday to determine if he can be executed. Bixby was sentenced to death for ...

GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) — Walmart stabbing suspect Bradford Gille will appear in court on Friday at 1:30 p.m. for a hearing concerning his competency. In the State of Michigan, ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Joel Lang was in court, accused of hitting, dragging and eventually killing Kirsty Kerst at a Monument McDonald’s drive-through in 2024. Lang, who turned himself in after police sent ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- A Santa Clara County judge has put criminal proceedings on hold for Richard Tillman as his competency is looked into. This comes after his first court appearance, following a ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Attorneys for Utah death row inmate Ralph Menzies filed a new petition asking the court to reconsider his competency due to "dramatic cognitive and physical deterioration." ...

A man charged in fatal shooting in Tacoma has been ordered to undergo a competency evaluation. Prosecutors charged Roberto Juan Salas, 38, with two counts of second-degree murder and second-degree ...