Judges in Pa. can now dismiss charges against people 'incompetent' to stand trial, but flaws remain – The Morning Call : vimarsana.com

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.

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