Arson is a socially costly, complex, and little-studied phenomenon in America. Fire setting,
or incendiarism, is on the increase, and it costs America billions of dollars and an estimated …

In case law, defendants suffering solely from amnesia who are otherwise competent to
stand trial are generally found to be competent. However, temporary, treatable amnesia may …

“Pictures of Pain Pay Off,” proclaimed the title of a recent article in the legal literature. The
thermographic picture, or thermogram, is raising the stakes in plaintiff back cases and gaining …

This Article examines and refutes the validity of the explosion of claims in the literature that
juveniles are not competent to stand trial in criminal court. After providing a framework …

… Dennis Koson that Genius did not meet the criteria for legal insanity; recent reports of Genius'
mental condition and a letter by Koson … upon which he relied was Koson's. However, the …

… Dennis Koson, a Florida law and psychiatry expert, who stated that the guardianship
process declares wards "legally dead"). The Associated Press Special Report contains several …

Any analysis of violence and abuse in American prisons must address the consequences of
the high rates of incarceration of offenders with mental illness and the poor treatment they …

The many definitions of competency in civil, criminal, and domestic relations law are discussed
with emphasis on the various legal criteria for competency and the different classes of …

… Koson also testified about medical records from the prison that showed that at least some of
… Koson concluded that Ford was schizophrenic. In addition, Dr. Koson also thought that on …