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Tuesday, December 16, 2003
Yahoo! News - Judge Sends Malvo Sniper Case to Jury By MATTHEW BARAKAT, Associated Press Writer CHESAPEAKE, Va. - The jury in the murder trial of Lee Boyd Malvo got the case Tuesday after his lawyer argued the teenager fell completely under the spell of mastermind John Allen Muhammad when he took part in the Washington sniper shootings. Defense lawyer Michael Arif said Malvo, desperate for a father figure, found the wrong man to emulate in Muhammad and eventually became "a cult of one" with Muhammad as his leader. Saturday, December 13, 2003
CNN.com - Malvo psychiatrist details seven shootings - Dec. 11, 2003: "Malvo psychiatrist details seven shootings Thursday, December 11, 2003 Posted: 11:26 PM EST (0426 GMT) CHESAPEAKE, Virginia (CNN) -- Defense psychiatrists testified Thursday about details teen sniper suspect Lee Boyd Malvo provided about seven of the shootings in October 2002. Malvo, 18, is being tried in the killing of Linda Franklin at a Home Depot in Fairfax County, Virginia, October 14, 2002."
The Sun Herald | 12/11/2003 | HOLIDAY BLUES: "HOLIDAY BLUES We all can feel bad, but can we still function? By JEAN PRESCOTT THE SUN HERALD PASCAGOULA - 'It's the season for it,' Dr. Eric Warren said matter-of-factly. 'The holidays can put people over the edge.' Warren would know. He's psychiatrist on staff at Singing River and Ocean Springs hospitals, and he's seen the effects already this season, in patients and even in friends."
Vitamins Beneficial in Depression Treatment (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- New research finds vitamin B supplements may be key to helping people overcome depression. The research reports patients who were treated for depression responded better if they had a higher level of vitamin B12 in their blood. An increasing amount of research is looking at the association between vitamin B and depression, but the specifics have not been understood. Researchers in Finland conducted a study to look at the relationship of vitamin B12 and the treatment of depression.
Insanity Defense Asks Jurors to Judge Person Rather Than Facts (washingtonpost.com) By Henri E. Cauvin Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, December 11, 2003; Page B08 CHESAPEAKE, Va., Dec. 10 -- The buildup had been coming for weeks. But the moment when a psychiatrist declared that sniper suspect Lee Boyd Malvo was insane came and went Wednesday with hardly a stir. The word itself was never uttered by the witness, Diane K. Schetky. It didn't have to be. Malvo was, Schetky told the jury, suffering from a mental disease or defect last year, making him unable to distinguish right from wrong during the string of shootings that culminated in the Washington area sniper slayings. Under Virginia law, that would make him insane. |
