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...defense's strategy has provoked accusations of unethical behavior and cruelty. When medicated, as he was during the first trial, Goldstein is stable but sluggish, and has problems concentrating; he's also unlikely to have the emotional outbursts that could provide a glimpse into the state of mind that led to Webdale's death. Untreated, Goldstein will become increasingly anxious and depressed, and could have a serious, damaging breakdown. But having narrowly averted his imprisonment in the first trial, Goldstein's lawyers feel they have little choice. Which is more cruel, a life sentence in Attica as a schizophrenic...
...addition to being controversial on medical and moral grounds, the decision to take Goldstein off his medication carries legal risks. First of all, it's the defendant's state of mind when the crime was committed that matters, not his condition on the stand. The defense is counting on the legally irrelevant but nonetheless widely recognized impact of their client's demeanor in the courtroom. But if the jury feels that Goldstein is acting crazy for their benefit, as the prosecution is sure to assert, the whole ordeal may be for nought. Second, there's no telling what will happen...
...Whether it's jail or the mental hospital for Andrew Goldstein, there's no outcome that will achieve justice for Kendra Webdale, who died seemingly because a state government wanted to be seen as holding firm on cutting costs. Meanwhile, Andrew Goldstein's nightmare continues, prolonged as it has been for years by a system that failed to treat him and now wants to imprison him for acts foreshadowed in letters ten feet high. Pushed by the voices that impel him to strike and hurt, he has dropped into free fall through a social safety net so tattered that...
Last weekend, without anyone paying much attention, Gov. George W. Bush trimmed Sen. John S. McCain's (R-Ariz.) 29-delegate advantage to 3 before a single ballot had been cast in a single state. Chalk one up to vestiges of the era of "gunboat diplomacy...
Harvard women's basketball Coach Kathy Delaney-Smith is the winner of the 1999-2000 Carol Eckman Award, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) announced yesterday in Atlanta. The Eckman Award is named for the former West Chester State College coach who organized the first women's basketball championship at West Chester...