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Table of Contents
Volume 2, Issue 10
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Never Say Never Competent
Murder Charges Dropped, Brain Injured Killer Slips Free
Courtroom Trauma
PTSD Victim Stalls Speedy Trial
Dads Abuse, Moms Lose
Parental Rights Terminated for Failure to Protect Children
Stroke of Theft
Alleged Shoplifter Raises Neurological Defense
Stalker Ever After
Hinckley Release Petition Denied
Fairy Tale a Medical Reality
Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy Recognized
Medicated to Death?
Court Stays Capital Execution for Mentally Incompetent Defendant
Med Doc Speaks No Evil
Psych Testimony Distinguished
Counselor Must Tell All to Aid Homicide Investigation
The Psychologist's Mistress:
From Under the Covers to No Coverage
"Whatever" Is No Waiver
No M.D. Signature, but Orders Upheld
Did Victim Learn Sex from Unrelated Assault Only?
Abuse Records Cause Reversal
Counseling Talk Unquestioned
A Little Fresh Air Is Due Process Question
Schoolyard Peers Stop Aggression
Children and the Influential Interview
Letter Memory Test Spells Effectiveness
Legal Briefs from Around the Nation
Have You Heard?
Current Then . . . Topical Now:
Stalker Ever After
Hinckley Release Petition Denied
Just more than a year has passed since a federal court first permitted would-be presidential assassin and Jody Foster paramour John Hinckley Jr. the right to limited, unsupervised furloughs. When guards busted Hinckley for smuggling a book about Foster into his room, the furlough right ended. Stuart Fischoff, Ph.D., commented on Hinckley for THE FORENSIC ECHO in September, 1998.
Current Then . . . Topical Now:
Fairy Tale a Medical Reality
Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy Recognized
Tanya Reid’s two children suffered dozens of unexplained apnea episodes—until her daughter finally died. The State wants to introduce expert testimony on Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, to explain why caretakers sometimes cause children’s illnesses.
Current Then . . . Topical Now:
Never Say Never Competent
Murder Charges Dropped, Brain Injured Killer Slips Free
Kenneth Baumruk murdered his wife and wounded several others on the day of his divorce. Cops needed ten shots, including two to the head, to stop him. Baumruk survived—minus part of his rightal front lobe. He was now, and for the foreseeable future, incompetent to stand trial. Should the court drop his murder charge?
Current Then . . . Topical Now:
Courtroom Trauma
PTSD Victim Stalls Speedy Trial
Editorial:
Rethinking Criminal Motherhood
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