Judges in PA Can Now Dismiss Charges Against People ‘Incompetent’ to Stand Trial, But Flaws Remain

The state Supreme Court closed a decades-old legal loophole that kept people who would never be competent to stand trial on criminal charges in jail or prison indefinitely. Danielle Ohl of Spotlight PA and Brittany Hailer of the Pittsburgh Institute for Nonprofit Journalism This story is a collaboration between Spotlight PA and the Pittsburgh Institute … Continue reading Judges in PA Can Now Dismiss Charges Against People ‘Incompetent’ to Stand Trial, But Flaws Remain