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" a new study in Pediatrics, which finds that harsh physical punishment increases the risk of mental disorders - even when the punishment doesn't stoop to the level of actual abuse."

"The Supreme Court refused this week to review the murder conviction of an Idaho man who was prevented by state law from offering an insanity defense. Does this encourage other states to dismantle a central principle of law: that a defendant should not be held criminally responsible when mental illness makes it impossible for him to tell right from wrong."

updated 7:44 PM EDT, Thu March 15, 2012 Atlanta (CNN) -- A Georgia judge Thursday sentenced Hemy Neuman to life in prison without the possibility of parole after jurors convicted him of fatally shooting a father outside a suburban Atlanta day care center.

that's crazy

re: JefferyDuncan I think you mean--- that's "mentally ill" But really, do you mean that the crime is unbelievable or the verdict is unbelievable?

"Black shooters 95 percent less likely to be called mentally ill"

"Another suburban Kansas City school district plans to sue a leading e-cigarette maker as the number of vaping-related illnesses in the U.S. climbs to about 1,300 cases."

"contrary to popular belief, serious mental illness was present in only 11% of all mass murderers and in only 8% of mass shooters."

Santa Ana, California (CNN) -- A California judge ordered Wednesday that two Fullerton police officers stand trial in the beating death last year of Kelly Thomas, a homeless man with a mental illness. Officer Manuel Ramos is charged with second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter, and Cpl.

(CNN) -- In the years leading up to the December 2012 massacre at Connecticut's Sandy Hook Elementary School, Adam Lanza went from a merely shy pre-teen to a mentally ill recluse obsessed with school shootings.

Detective shoots a teen boy after he felt his partner was in danger.