Thursday, February 22, 2007

Dirty Bomb Suspect - Incompetent?

Well of course he's going to claim that, there's a ton of evidence against him and he knows he's going to jail for a very long time. Plus, the doctor who examined him has one problem: During cross-examination, prosecutor John Shipley pointed to a test administered by Hegarty in which Padilla scored “zero” on the portions indicating post-traumatic stress disorder. Those segments involved questions about flashbacks, nightmares, depression and other symptoms.

“Nothing in this test supports your diagnosis at all, isn’t that correct?” Shipley asked.

“No,” Hegarty replied, noting that the test answers were only one component of her decision.


Seems like he's trying to weasel out of trouble if you ask me.

Travis
travis@rightwinglunatic.com

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