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Clark v. Arizona, Supreme Court of the United States, June 29, 2006 . Read the Court's majority opinion per Justice Souter,...

The US Supreme Court on Thursday upheld Arizona's law governing insanity defenses in criminal cases, ruling in Clark v. Arizona that the state's approach does not violate constitutional...

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in Clark v. Arizona , 05-5966, a case in which the Court will decide the constitutionality of Arizona statutes governing...

A federal judge on Friday granted a request by John W. Hinckley, Jr. , who shot President Ronald Reagan and 3 others in 1981 , for seven overnight visits with his parents in their home in Williamsburg, Virginia,...

The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in two cases, including one involving the insanity defense in criminal trials. In Clark v. Arizona, the Court will consider the constitutionality of an Arizona law that limits admission...

Defense psychologists testified in court-martial proceedings Friday that learning disabilities and her "compliant personality" made Pfc. Lynndie England so blindly obedient to her boyfriend and now-incarcerated superior officer Charles Graner [Wikipedia profile; JURIST news...

A US military judge ruled Friday that Army sergeant Hasan Akbar is competent to stand trial for a grenade attack that killed two Army officers in Kuwait in 2003 . Sgt. Akbar faces multiple charges of premeditated murder...

Hungarians vote today on whether 2.5 million ethnic Magyars, living outside Hungary in Romania and Ukraine, should be granted Hungarian citizenship. Critics believe granting citizenship rights will cause mass migrations and drain the country's budget by burdening welfare, health...

US District Judge Paul L. Friedman Wednesday denied a request by John Hinckley Jr. to spend more time away from St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington DC to visit his parents in Williamsburg, VA. Hinckley shot President Reagan and three...