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#criminal justice

During the pending hearing, Williams may decide if Torres-Mendoza should be placed in MHM Services Inc. - which provides mental health services to government agencies and which operates a secure facility in Vallejo - or one of five State Hospitals in California. Criminal charges have been suspended against Torres-Mendoza under Penal Code section 1368, which stipulates that a defendant in a criminal case cannot be tried or punished if they are mentally incompetent.

The fate of a 24-year-old Sacramento man, who is charged with stabbings on an Amtrak train last year, is at the intersection of the state's massive mental health care and criminal justice systems. Reversing her March decision, a Solano County Superior Court Janice M. Williams in May ruled that Brandon Torres-Mendoza was incompetent to stand trial. He faced a mental health facility placement hearing and a report from the North Bay Regional Center on Monday,

Fox News' Andy McCarthy pooh-poohed an executive order signed by President Donald Trump targeting cashless bail policies on Monday during an appearance on The Story with Martha MacCallum later that afternoon. Guest host Gillian Turner kicked off the segment by observing that Trump's new executive order signed today threatens to revoke federal funds to any jurisdiction in the United States that continues to employ no cash bail.

Kemp must begin home monitoring within two weeks, The Seattle Times reported. He must also serve one year of state Department of Corrections supervision and complete 240 hours of community service. Prosecutors had recommended the six-time NBA All-Star be sentenced to nine months in jail, a year of supervision and pay restitution. Judge Michael Schwartz of Pierce County Superior Court found the circumstances surrounding the crime warranted a lesser sentence, allowing Kemp to avoid incarceration.

Hardin stated he would hide the clothes and other items he was going to need in the bottom of a trash can in the kitchen due to no one ever shaking it down.

Prosecutors said Peña resorted to violence in the belief that a "rigged" election had robbed him of victory in his bid to serve in the state Legislature.

The 36-year-old woman was suddenly grabbed and thrown into the back of a white Ford Transit van as she left her home on the morning of May 10.

An eight-person jury in Salt Lake County found Nicholas Rossi guilty of a 2008 rape after a three-day trial in which his accuser and her parents took the stand.

Haddix, who ran a primate facility in Festus, pleaded guilty in March to perjury and obstructing justice, related to the treatment of the chimp, Tonka.

The report lays bare the reasons why prisons have become so consistently overcrowded over so many years to the point of frequent near-collapse.

"From the get, this police report is used to determine whether a criminal case will be started," said Kate Chatfield, executive director of the California Public Defenders Association, which sponsored the bill. "Then a judge would be reviewing this police report, for example, to determine the circumstances of offense and to determine whether or not to hold somebody in jail."

Combs was denied bail during his latest attempt to go home from jail following his prostitution-related conviction, stemming from federal charges of coercion and manipulation.

The Fifth Amendment provides individuals the right to remain silent during police questioning, protecting them from self-incrimination, yet many still choose to talk.

Tatyana Timoshenko, mother of slain NYPD officer Russel Timoshenko, expressed outrage over the planned payout to his killer, stating, 'I don't want him to be rewarded even one penny for killing my son.'

George Santos, the gay expelled Republican lawmaker and convicted felon, whose brief congressional career became a spectacle of deception and fraud, surrendered to federal authorities Friday to begin serving a more than 7-year prison sentence.