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Improving mental health and getting a case to trial more quickly: New program comes to Wake County jail
NC Rise is a partnership between the Wake County Sheriff’s Office and the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
Case of slain mental health worker shedding light on civil commitment debate in Oregon
On Tuesday the mother of a slain mental health worker faced the courtroom and did something few victims will do, she ...
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Defendant's 'extreme religious beliefs' did not render her incompetent, appeals court rules
Colorado's second-highest court decided last week that a defendant's "extreme religious beliefs" did not render her ...
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Mental exam ordered for fatal stabbing suspect
A 30-year-old Hilo man accused of fatally stabbing an 81-year-old woman who lived next door to him will receive a mental ...
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Judge orders mental health treatment for man accused in shootings — but case is in limbo
A judge on Friday ordered mental health treatment for a man accused of randomly shooting three people last summer in Aurora – but his criminal case remains in legal limbo. Austin Benson faces four ...
Alabama Supreme Court rules in case of inmate beaten, gang raped days into his sentence who died by suicide
The Alabama Supreme Court recently ruled that the case of a man who died by suicide in Limestone Correctional Facility will remain in the Montgomery County court system.