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Here's a look at cases where insanity defenses have been successful in the US

A look back at some other instances in the US where evidence of insanity has outweighed guilt in different cases.

Civil case against crazed Times Square driver should be put on hold: lawyers

The civil case against the city and maniac driver Richard Rojas — who drove a Honda Accord into a crowd of pedestrians in Times Square in 2017, killing one —...

2 more victims of Times Square driver's rampage file lawsuits

Two more victims — a high school student and a retired teacher — have filed suit against the city and maniac driver Richard Rojas over his deadly Honda Accord rampage...

Accused killer in Times Square crash blames victims

The driver who allegedly mowed down pedestrians in Times Square during a deadly May 2017 rampage is blaming the victims for the incident. Richard Rojas — who plans to use...

Family of teen killed by crazed Times Square driver are suing city

The father and sister of a Michigan teen killed when a maniac mowed down pedestrians in Times Square with his car during a May 2017 rampage have slapped the city...

City to ramp up traffic barriers after terror attack

The city is doubling down on protective traffic bollards in Times Square after the deadly ISIS-inspired terror attack on a Lower Manhattan bike path, law-enforcement sources say. Mayor de Blasio...

Accused killer in Times Square crash plans insanity defense

The alleged PCP-puffing loser accused of mowing down dozens of people in Times Square, killing a teenage tourist, will likely mount an insanity defense, his lawyer told a Manhattan judge...

Driver pleads not guilty in deadly Times Square rampage

The crazed driver who plowed his car through Times Square earlier this summer, killing a young tourist and injuring 18 others pleaded not guilty to murder charges Thursday as one...

Students injured in Times Square crash graduate from high school

DUNELLEN, N.J. — Two New Jersey high school students who were mowed down by a driver in Times Square and were seriously injured have graduated even though one of them...

Times Square driver indicted for murderous rampage

The crazed driver who plowed his car through Times Square last week, killing ​a young tourist and injuring 22 others ​has been indicted for the murderous rampage, prosecutors said Wednesday...

Times Square victim can't breathe on her own

A heartbreaking hospital photo of a New Jersey high schooler critically injured during last week’s Times Square rampage shows the long road ahead that she faces. In a photo posted...

Times Square victim's dad leaves heartfelt note at memorial

The father of a teen who was killed when a maniac driver sped onto a Times Square sidewalk left a note for all New Yorkers on at a makeshift memorial...

Times Square driver: 'I'm not sure what's wrong with me'

Times Square rampage driver Richard Rojas says he knows he’s crazy — but he can’t put his finger on why. “I’m not completely sure what’s wrong with me,’’ the killer...

Times Square maniac latest sign of city's mental-health failure

New York failed Alyssa Elsman, the 18-year-old Michigan woman killed last Thursday in the Times Square horror that also critically injured four people. But that failure was wrapped up in...

Two high school seniors among victims of Times Square crash

Names of those mowed down in Times Square by a crazed driver began to emerge Saturday. Elena Avetisian remained in critical condition at Bellevue Hospital, police sources said. Social-media accounts...

Cuomo 'swooped in like Batman' at Times Square crash

Gov. Cuomo swooped into Times Square “like Batman” minutes after Thursday’s fatal rampage there, irking NYPD brass. “The governor was there almost instantaneously. It was outrageous,” a senior law-enforcement source...

‘I was trying to get help,’ Times Square driver says in jailhouse interview

The maniac driver who mowed down pedestrians in Times Square knew he was losing his marbles in the weeks leading up to his senseless rampage, he told The Post during...

'My heart died in New York': Times Square victim's dad speaks out

https://www.facebook.com/FOX5NY/videos/10155498443286320/ The grief-stricken father of the young woman fatally mowed down by a maniac driver speeding down a Times Square sidewalk said Friday, “My heart died in New York yesterday.’’...

New York is 'fearful' the day after Times Square mayhem

Do people feel safe in Times Square the day after a car rampage on May 18, 2017, killed one person and injured 22 others? One interviewee, Jeff, a New Yorker...

Times Square rampage spurs calls for more protective barriers

Local pols and street-safety advocates Friday called for more protective barriers and the expansion of sidewalks around Times Square in the wake of the deadly car rampage at the Crossroads...