Decarlos Brown Jr.’s case highlights NC’s rising demand for court-ordered mental health evaluations and capacity restoration treatment.

Starting today, Florida’s Tristin Murphy Act gives courts and prosecutors new authority to divert certain defendants with mental illness into treatment programs instead of jail.

The Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states that people accused of crimes have the right to a fair and speedy trial.

After Decarlos Brown Jr. was arrested for the fatal stabbing of a Ukrainian refugee aboard a North Carolina commuter train, he was quickly sent to a state mental hospital for an evaluation. It was a ...

This screengrab made from video provided by the Charlotte Area Transit System shows Iryna Zarutska, bottom right, before she was fatally stabbed on a commuter train on Aug. 22, 2025. (Charlotte Area ...