Hardy has also been ordered to remain in his current placement at Central Ohio Behavioral Health.

Ohio debates longer competency restoration period in criminal cases, surrounding the case of De'Lawnte Hardy, accused of ...

Prosecutors have refiled felony charges against Benjamin Plank in the 2022 ambush killing of Oklahoma County Deputy Bobby Swartz after a judge previously dismissed the case over competency issues, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The suspect accused of killing Cleveland Police Officer Jamieson Ritter and his own grandmother now has a competency restoration deadline. Delawnte Hardy, 26, was ordered to ...

Senate Bill 1323 took effect in January. Judges must now decide if it's "in the interest of justice" for certain defendants to be restored to competency or placed in an alternative program. Fewer ...

When a person is charged with a crime but found too mentally ill to participate in their defense, Washington state must offer them temporary treatment. The process, known as “competency restoration,” ...

Nearly 450 Missourians awaiting placement in state psychiatric hospitals are held in jail, a 40% increase from last year. These individuals, deemed incompetent to stand trial, face average wait times ...