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BC court denies challenge against involuntary patient certification under Mental Health Act
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (648+ words) Judge upholds doctor’s verbal authorization of certification before completion of forms The British Columbia Supreme Court has dismissed a claim alleging battery, false imprisonment, negligence, and Charter breaches against doctors and others involved in a patient’s certification as an involuntary…...
Kids left in limbo by closing of juvenile justice facility, and following political money
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (239+ words) The Hillsborough County Juvenile Detention Center closed at the end of August. It was located on land where the Tampa Bay Rays are planning to build a stadium. Turns out those actions are related. The sudden shutdown has reportedly left…...
Mohun assists Assigned Counsel Program reforms in Erie County
1+ week, 4+ day ago (163+ words) TheDailyNewsOnline.com Former judge Michael M. Mohun is shown at the time of his 2023 retirement in Wyoming County. He’s serving as interim executive director of Erie County’s Assigned Counsel Program. Former Judge Michael Mohun is shown during a 2020 sentencing in Wyoming…...
Youth court adapts to statewide system changes
1+ week, 4+ day ago (604+ words) Published 9:00 am Wednesday, September 2, 2026 Significant changes to Mississippi’s youth court system are already affecting how cases are handled in Lafayette County, with the biggest change moving the initial review of juvenile cases out of local courts and to a new…...
Judge grants injunction, pausing construction of forensic mental health facility
1+ week, 6+ day ago (316+ words) Representatives from the state, including Board of Investments Director Dan Villa (left), listen to comments during a public hearing June 2 on the proposed forensic mental health facility to be built near Laurel. Another public hearing will be held after a…...
Mental health backlog leaves accused defendants waiting months in Oklahoma county jails
2+ week, 2+ day ago (504+ words) Accused individuals deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial are sitting in county jails for months waiting for treatment at state facilities, creating a bottleneck in the criminal justice system. Oklahoma has shut down many mental health treatment facilities, leaving county…...
‘True believer’: New Allegheny County chief public defender preaches compassion, advocacy
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1590+ words) Andy Howard is a true believer. The son of a middle school library teacher and a pastor who taught him compassion, kindness and empathy, he would become frustrated when he saw students severely punished for minor conduct at his public…...
Judges can’t direct order of defendants’ admissions to psych hospitals, MD Supreme Court rules
2+ week, 2+ day ago (564+ words) Ian Round//August 28, 2026// Trial courts can’t order the Maryland Department of Health to admit criminal defendants to psychiatric hospitals in a certain order, the Maryland Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. In a significant ruling last month in the case of MDH…...
The justice system failed
2+ week, 4+ day ago (174+ words) From Natalie Shiras: Thank you for your excellent investigative reporting about the untimely death of my neighbor, Jean Appleby Johnson ("'A loss that shouldn't have happened': Driver charged in Orr's Island fatality had long history of OUIs, drug use — and…...
Central Valley families, lawmakers asking for change to juvenile system
2+ week, 5+ day ago (450+ words) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A group of Central Valley families whose loved ones were killed is pushing to change the way teens convicted of murder are punished in California. They gathered in Sacramento on Tuesday after two bills didn’t receive…...