Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan. 29—Leaders in the judicial branch and mental health community endorsed creating a system for restoring competency to criminal ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Last week, the parents of fallen Cleveland Police Officer Jamieson Ritter testified in front of a Statehouse committee regarding a ...

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 ...

Members of the House Judiciary Committee appear ready to support a bipartisan proposal to change the state’s criminal competency laws as part of a larger package of public safety measures. If approved ...

There's a new push to change state laws regarding competency in criminal cases. The Colorado Parents Advocacy Network has started a new petition that calls on the state's district attorneys to urge ...

BENNINGTON — A discussion of legal competency restoration will be held at the State House in Montpelier on Wednesday, Jan. 21. Featured attendees will be Kelly Carroll, mother of murder victim Emily ...

As New Mexico lawmakers grapple with how to curb high crime rates, a court-affiliated working group has proposed legislation that would give judges more options in cases where defendants are deemed ...

Leaders in the judicial branch and mental health community endorsed creating a system for restoring competency to criminal offenders who had been found incompetent to stand trial. House Children and ...