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...
Click HERE to see the photo galleries from the Forum at the Brown Palace and the Reception at Reilly Pozner LLP. Iris Eytan is a Partner at Reilly Pozner LLP. She practices Criminal Defense with an emphasis in mental health defenses....
It is not surprising that generally 55% of all inmates in the United States suffer from some type of mental health issue, and at the same time roughly 5% of all adult American suffer from a serious mental illness. This was front page news in today’s Wall...