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Stay off Social Media if You Have Been Charged with a Crime

For most people in the 21st century using social media has become as natural as talking on the phone was in the previous century. However,

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Supreme Court Says Executing a Man with Dementia May Violate the Constitution

The U.S. Supreme Court has devoted considerable time in recent years to questions about the death penalty for people with mental illnesses and severe learning

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Appeals Court Rules Arizona Man Had a Right to Reject an Insanity Plea

When a man who said he was haunted by demons repeatedly stabbed his cellmate in Arizona, an insanity defense probably seemed like the natural way

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How Effective is Rule 11 in Arizona Criminal Cases?

Rule 11 in Arizona can be used when a defendant is suspected of being mentally incompetent. The hearing is granted when there is substantial evidence

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Man Accused of Tucson Killing Had a History of Mental Illness

People who are charged with serious crimes of violence sometimes have a past of mental illness. Police said a man accused of killing a woman

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Guilty Except Insane Plea

On January 29, 2017, an ambulance containing four people was pulling in to the Phoenix Baptist Hospital in Phoenix when L.S. pulled up alongside the

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Man Accused of Tucson Killing Had a History of Mental Illness

People who are charged with serious crimes of violence sometimes have a past of mental illness. Police said a man accused of killing a woman

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Mental Health and Reoffending Issues Are Dealt with in Arizona County Jail Program

Many jails contain house numbers of inmates who suffer from mental illnesses. Jail administrators in Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office were surprised to learn more than

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Is There a Relationship Between Mental Illness and Homicide?

Many studies that tackled the issue of the relationship between mental illness and homicide have detected mental disorders in many defendants charged with extreme cases

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Mental Health and Crimes Against Children in Arizona

Crimes against children often result in heavy sentences. As well as serving long sentences, people who commit them often end up on sex offenders’ registers

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