The State (Never) Rests: How Excessive Prosecutor Caseloads Harm Criminal Defendants

Mentally Retarded Criminal Defendants

Criminal defendants who desire punishment.

Some defendants desire to be punished. Sometimes psychotic motivations underlie punishment-seeking behavior; sometimes they do not. The defendant's clinical status is relevant to his competency to stand trial and to waive other rights. These issues are illustrated by presentation of a case of a defendant who sought punishment. The importance of psychiatric assessments of these defendants is emp...

Removal of Defendants in Federal Criminal Procedure

Predicting restorability of incompetent criminal defendants.

U.S. courts frequently require forensic examiners to offer opinions concerning the likelihood that criminal defendants found incompetent to stand trial can have their competence "restored" through treatment. Yet no jurisdiction has established legal guidelines for testimony concerning restorability, and several authors have suggested that mental health professionals cannot accurately predict wh...

Psychiatric hospitalization of criminal defendants: new horizons.

The Richard H. Hutchings Psychiatric Center (HPC), located in Syracuse, is a New York State Mental Hygiene Facility providing mental health services to the Central New York Region. At this time the Center primarily serves the 473,000 residents of Onondaga County; however, when fully operational, it will also provide services to the 287,000 residents of surrounding Madison, Oswego, Cayuga, and C...