The South Carolina prison system has permitted the abuse of mentally ill inmates for at least the last ten years. The stories that have been documented about these inmates with serious mental illnesses are horrific. Mr. Laudman, a schizophrenic, intellectually disabled man with a speech impediment...
I was recently asked to appear on the Celebrity Court with Elizabeth Kelly to comment on Larry Flynt’s opposition to the execution of Joseph Paul Franklin – the man that shot and paralyzed him in an assassination attempt in 1978. Franklin’s attorneys maintain that he...
How many cases have I seen where the government proclaims that because my client’s IQ is not 70 or below, my client can understand the court proceedings, knew what he was doing at the time of the commission of the crime, understood the law enforcements...
Yesterday, an open letter was sent by the Autobee family to George Brauchler, the DA in Douglas County, who is pursuing the death penalty against the killer of their son. After receiving a well-thought-out open letter begging to end this 11 year battle to execute his...
Law Week Colorado Denver, Colorado Nearly 400 lawyers and psychologists from all over the world attended the first-of-its kind National Criminal Defense Forum on Forensic Mental Health and The Law earlier this month to hear authorities on a range of issues in criminal law. Among the topics...