Judge: Man Mentally Unfit to Stand Trial
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A man who was videotaped shooting a lawyer outside a courthouse last year has been ruled mentally unfit to stand trial on charges of attempted murder.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio  - The man accused of a series of  shootings on Ohio highways in which one woman was killed  pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity on Wednesday, though a  judge previously declared him fit to stand trial.
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Former "enemy combatant" Jose Padilla is mentally unfit to stand trial on terrorism charges and physically unable to tell his lawyers what happened to him in a U.S. military prison, doctors who examined him for the defense said in court on Thursday.
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A federal judge ordered a mental exam Monday to determine whether Jose Padilla &#151; charged with being part of a support cell for Islamic extremists around the world &#151; is competent for trial.
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A judge ruled Tuesday that a confessed serial killer &#151; set to become the first inmate executed in New England in 40 years &#151; is mentally competent and can forgo further appeals of his death sentence.
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State psychiatrists have determined that a Silver Spring man who fatally shot his two sons in July should not be tried for the slayings because he was mentally unstable when the crime occurred.
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A judge today found the homeless man charged with kidnapping Elizabeth Smart competent to stand trial. The ruling came at the start of what had been expected to be a three-day hearing to gauge the mental state of Brian Mitchell, 50.
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A judge on Tuesday found a  homeless man mentally competent to stand trial on charges of  kidnapping Utah teenager Elizabeth Smart two years ago and  holding her captive for nine months.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Citing lack of bed space, a judge on Tuesday refused to find the state human services agency in contempt of court for failing to find room in state psychiatric hospitals for mentally incompetent jail inmates.
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A military judge ordered a US Army reservist on Friday to stand trial Jan. 7 in Baghdad for allegedly abusing Iraq inmates at the Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad.
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Suspected al Qaeda operative Jose Padilla is mentally competent to stand trial on terrorism conspiracy charges, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
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A 23-year-old charged with the murder of John Monckton and the attempted murder of his wife is due in court.
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HARTFORD, Conn.  - A federal judge Monday ordered  a hearing on the mental competence of serial killer Michael  Ross, a move that could delay his scheduled execution, which  would be the first in New England in 45 years.
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A former Baylor University basketball player charged with murdering a teammate was ruled incompetent to stand trial Thursday.
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Suspected al-Qaeda conspirator Jose Padilla is ruled mentally fit to stand trial on terror charges.
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One of Britain's most senior judges goes on trial charged with exposing himself to a woman.
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A video of the accused terrorist shows he was subjected to unduly harsh treatment, his lawyers claim, leaving him psychologically damaged and unfit to stand trial