Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From left, Jennifer Barela, a public defender for the Second Judicial District, Karl Swanson, deputy district attorney of the ...

Exterior of Whiting Forensic Hospital on the grounds of Connecticut Valley Hospital in Middletown. The maximum-security hospital has up to 78 beds for patients needing competency restoration. Credit: ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – It could be a major change in the power judges have to hold mentally incompetent criminal suspects in custody or force them to get help. That bill is a key part of the governor ...

What happens during competency evaluation? An expert explains.

Criminal proceedings were suspended today in the case of a man accused of killing his wife, a Chula Vista woman who remains missing more than 18 months after disappearing from her home. The defense ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Every year judges order hundreds of Colorado defendants to undergo exams to determine whether they are mentally competent to stand trial. The use of such ...

The 60-day New Mexico legislative session ended on Saturday, March 22, and 194 bills were passed out of 1,182 introduced. Here's a look at what public safety bills passed and what did not. This ...

SANTA FE, N.M. — In Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s final State of the State address, she made it clear public safety reform is an expectation and not a suggestion. It’s been the same expectation in ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Defense counsel for Ray Mata Jr. won’t seek a second opinion on his competency to stand trial in ...