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The U.S. Supreme Court has issued numerous rulings regarding mental health and how society treats and regards the mentally ill. While some rulings applied very narrowly, perhaps to only one individual, other cases have had great influence over wide areas.
As an alternative to the insanity defense, some jurisdictions permit a defendant to plead guilty but mentally ill. [56] A defendant who is found guilty but mentally ill may be sentenced to mental health treatment, at the conclusion of which the defendant will serve the remainder of their sentence in the same manner as any other defendant.
On December 11, 2017, Damian McElrath was found guilty but mentally ill by a jury on the charge of felony murder and aggravated assault, but not guilty on the charge of malice murder due to insanity. Both charges are related to one episode where McElrath stabbed his adoptive mother, Diane McElrath, 50 times until her death.
By pleading guilty but mentally ill to third-degree murder, Rowry faces a maximum sentence of 40 years in state prison at her sentencing on Jan. 3 before Erie County Judge David Ridge, who ...
The “guilty but mentally ill” verdict means that the jury rejected her insanity plea and found her criminally responsible for her actions. Driver will be sentenced on December 12.
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United States federal laws governing offenders with mental diseases or defects (18 U.S.C. §§ 4241–4248) provide for the evaluation and handling of defendants who are suspected of having mental diseases or defects.
In April, Maskiell entered a plea of guilty but mentally ill, meaning that he will get mental health treatment while incarcerated until a medical professional decides treatment isn’t necessary ...