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NOTABLE CITATIONS & CASES

2026: NJ man found legally insane after killing brother, judge rules (video)

 

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2026: Judge declares Princeton man who claimed evil spirits told him to kill brother legally insane

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2026: NJ man not guilty by reason of insanity for murdering brother, removing his eye

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2026: Matthew Hertgen Not Guilty By Insanity After Killing Brother

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2026: Toms River Man Found Not Guilty By Insanity After Killing Brother

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2026: Matthew Hertgen Not Guilty By Insanity After Killing Brother

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2026: N.J. man was criminally insane, not legally responsible for brother’s brutal murder

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2026: Murder at Michelle Mews – The Lurid Crime in Princeton Is Now a Closed Case

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2026: Princeton Man Ruled Legally Insane in Brother’s Murder

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2026: Man who killed brother found not guilty by reason of insanity

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2026: Princeton Man Found Not Guilty By Reason Of Insanity In Brother’s Murder

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2026: Insanity verdict in brother’s killing

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2026: Princeton Family Horror: Man Kills Brother, Spared Prison in Insanity Ruling

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2026: Florham Park Mother Found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity in Daughter’s Drowning

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2026: Morris County mom found not guilty in toddler drowning…

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2026: N.J. mom accused of drowning 3-year-old daughter found not guilty by insanity

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2026: Dumont Man found not guilty of mom’s killing

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2026: Reason of Insanity: Judge Finds Dumont Man Who Bludgeoned Mom, 79, With Fireplace Poker Not Guilty

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2026: Restoration of Gun Rights and Measuring Individual Dangerousness [Pirelli Firearm-10; PF-10 referred to as ‘Best Practices,’ ‘leading rubric’]

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2025: Dr. Pirelli receives Lawrence S. Wrightsman Book Award from APA’s Division 41 (AP-LS) – 1 of just 17 books in 25 years

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2025: People: N.J. Daycare Worker Who Allegedly Drowned Her 2 Kids for ‘Religious Purposes’ Found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity

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2025: NBC News: New Jersey mom who drowned her 2 toddlers for ‘religious reasons’ found not guilty by reason of insanity

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2025: NJ mom who fatally drowned her 2 young kids found not guilty by reason of insanity

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2025: N.J. Daycare Worker Who Allegedly  Drowned  Her 2 Kids for ‘Religious Purposes’ Found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity

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2025: Fox News: NJ mom who drowned her 2 kids to root out ‘all the evil in the world’ found not guilty by reason of insanity

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2025: NJ mom who drowned her 2 children to eliminate ‘all the evil in the world’ is found not guilty by reason of insanity

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2025: NJ mom who drowned daughters found not guilty by insanity

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2025: New Jersey Mom Who Drowned Two Children Found Not Guilty By Reason of Insanity

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2025: Daycare worker who drowned her two kids found not guilty of murder due to insanity

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2025: Asbury Park Press: Lakewood woman who drowned her two toddlers found not guilty by reason of insanity (video under photo)

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2025: New Jersey mother who drowned her two children to ‘eliminate all the evil in the world’ found not guilty by reason of insanity

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2025: N.J. mom who drowned 2 daughters not guilty by reason of insanity. Here’s what that means.

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2024: Daily Record: Man charged with stabbing cop at Chiller Theatre expo deemed not guilty by reason of insanity

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2023: APA Judicial Notebook: “Examining Propensity for Violence in Firearm Cases”

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2020 U.S. Dept. of Justice (DOJ) President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice – Final Report (p. 50)

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2017 USAToday.com: Montgomery man wins back gun from Somerset County

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2015 Psychology Today Media Spotlight: Who should own a gun? Who should be trusted to own a gun? Can psychological screening help?

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2014 Amicus brief to the State of New York Court of Appeals from the New York City Bar Association (pp. iii and 10)

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2012 Amicus brief to the United States Supreme Court from the American Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (p. 14)

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2011 American Psychological Association (APA) Press Release: Analysis Shows Which People Most Likely Found Incompetent to Stand Trial

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TV, VIDEO AND RADIO INTERVIEWS

Dr. Pirelli on NJ’s Surge in Gun Purchases during COVID (NJTV/PBS, January 2021)

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Dr. Pirelli on New Jersey’s “Red Flag” Gun Law (NJTV/PBS, September 2019)

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Dr. Pirelli Weighs in on Wrestler who had to Cut Hair or Forfeit Match (NJTV, December 2018)

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Parents Are Hard To Raise with Diane Berardi: Getting Through the Shock of a Devastating Diagnosis with Dr. Lina Aldana (December 2018)

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NJTV (PBS) with Leah Mishkin: Gun Ranges work with Mental Health Professionals to get help for Members in Need (December 2018)

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Parents Are Hard To Raise with Diane Berardi: Caregiver Burnout with Dr. Lina Aldana (August 2018)

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NJTV (PBS) with Leah Mishkin: Psychologists Say Gun Seizure Law May Have Consequences (August 2018)

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Parents Are Hard To Raise with Diane Berardi: Legal Competencies in Elder Care (July 2018)

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Theater of the Courtroom with Michael Deblis, Esq. Part I: Legal Competencies (May 2016)

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Theater of the Courtroom with Michael Deblis, Esq. Part II: Criminal Responsibility (May 2016)

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Back Story with Joan Goldstein: Law Enforcement and the Community: Mental Health, Violence, and Interpersonal Relationships (May 2015)

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Back Story with Joan Goldstein: Firearms and Violence: Psychological Considerations across Contexts (March 2015)

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Law Talk Today: Forensic Psychology with Dr. Gianni Pirelli (February 2015)

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PRINT INTERVIEWS

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NJ.com Interview: “Here’s Why N.J.’s New Gun Law has Therapists Worried for their Patients” (August 2018)

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Winchester Star: Winchester’s Matthew McAveeney will return to court in April for competency ruling (March 2015)