mental illness

THE BUZZ! At new mental health courts in California, judges will be able to mandate treatment First up A new kind of court is coming to California, not for criminals, but for people with severe mental illness. It’s called the CARE Courts program. Family members and first responders can ask a judge to order people […]

Two law enforcement officers indicted in death of man shot 76 times during 2016 raid Two police officers have been indicted on eight counts by a grand jury in connection to the 2016 killing of 26 year old Jamarion Robinson, who was shot 76 times.  According to authorities Officers were trying  to serve a warrant for Robinson who they believed […]

After being diagnosed with schizophrenia, Romechia Simms allowed her son to die of hypothermia and dehydration while on a swing set. A judge is allowing Simms to seek medical treatment for her mental illness in lieu of prison.

Lakeisha Holloway "has been hit with a total of 71 charges, prosecutors said Wednesday, adding up to more than a millennium worth of jail time," the report says.

Shannon Miles, the man authorities say shot and killed a Harris County, Texas deputy sheriff last week, faced prosecutors on Monday.

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The man who carried an airsoft pellet gun and a hatchet into the Carmike Hickory 8 Cinema in Antioch, Tennessee was killed Wednesday.

According to the website KilledByPolice.net, more than 100 people died at the hands of law enforcement in the month of March. The figure, which comes…

A 32-year-old Long Island, New York bank clerk, who was confined to a mental ward for eight days after saying President Obama follows her on…

New York Daily News Exclusive: Two FDNY EMTs say they stopped four NYPD officers from beating a mentally ill patient while he was on a…