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Mental health experts testify in Biffle trial
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- While awaiting trial on two murder charges and a slew of other accusations, Brandon Biffle spent much of his time in the St. Joseph County Jail in the rubber room, where inmates on suicide watch are generally sent. He slept on the floor and...Tags: Psychiatry, Mental Health, Medical Specialization, Shootings, Prosecution
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Psychologist: Man incompetent for trial in death
JACKSON, Mich. (AP) — A psychologist at the state Center for Forensic Psychiatry has determined that a southern Michigan man is mentally incompetent to stand trial in the stabbing death of his mother. The Jackson Citizen Patriot reports (http://...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Lawyers, Justice System
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Te'o not alone in claiming online wishful thinking
CHICAGO (AP) — It started out a stunner: The Heisman Trophy runner-up had told heartbreaking stories about a dead girlfriend who didn't exist. Then it became unreal: The All-American linebacker said he had been duped, and theirs was a relationship...Tags: Social Media, Sports, ESPN (tv network), MySpace, Craigslist, Inc.
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Child abuse: How can we tell?
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterIn one courtroom, a judge apparently doesn't believe reports of a 6-year-old's accounts of his father's violence are serious enough to warrant taking him from that home. In another, a different judge hears about a 4-year-old who says his parents locked...Tags: Abusive Behavior, Judges, Health and Medical Professionals, Crime, Law and Justice, Health
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Child-on-child sex abuse poses complex challenges
NEW YORK (AP) — Recent high-profile cases of child sex abuse have roused national revulsion against the adults who perpetrated them. Rarely mentioned is the sobering statistic that more than one-third of the sexual abuse of America's children is...Tags: Justice System, Medical Research, Politics, Crimes, Mental Health
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Expert: victims must learn to deal with bullies
RAWLINS, Wyo. (AP) — In the wake of more bullying-related suicides and the issue being addressed in schools throughout Wyoming, questions remain of what can be done. In 2009, the Wyoming Legislature passed a bill requiring each school in the...Tags: Suicide, Bullying, Wyoming Legislature, Health and Safety at School, Health and Medical Professionals
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Accused killer of son moves forward with insanity defense
SOUTH BEND — A man charged with killing one son and torturing another will be evaluated by three court-ordered doctors as part of his effort to use an insanity defense.
Today, St. Joseph County Superior Court Judge Jane Woodward Miller appointed...Tags: Justice System, Psychiatry, Medical Specialization, Medical Specialization, Crime, Law and Justice
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Calif. prison psychologist accused of faking rape
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California state prison psychologist has been charged with faking her own rape in an unsuccessful bid to persuade her husband to move to a safer neighborhood, authorities said Friday. Laurie Ann Martinez conspired with a...Tags: Xbox 360, Psychology, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Justice System
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Psychologist: S. Ind. man incompetent for trial
MADISON, Ind. (AP) — A psychologist says an 80-year-old southern Indiana man is incompetent to stand trial in the fatal shooting of his daughter's boyfriend. Psychologist Stephanie Callaway's report to a Jefferson County judge says Boyd Wright Jr.'...Tags: Trials, Health and Medical Professionals, Justice System, Judges, Alzheimer's Disease
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Florida teacher warned of girl's abuse before death
MIAMI (AP) — Nearly four years before a 10-year-old girl was found dead in her adoptive father's truck, a teacher told a Miami-Dade judge the girl was being abused at home and hit on the bottom of her feet in a way that wouldn't leave bruises, a...Tags: Social Issues, Teaching and Learning, Politics, Florida, Crime, Law and Justice
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