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| Prison expert: Accused Smart kidnapper incompetent |
| By google.com |
| Published: 12/10/2009 |
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SALT LAKE CITY — A federal prison psychologist says that the suspect in the abduction of Elizabeth Smart understands the accusations against him but isn't competent to stand trial. Dr. Richart DeMier of the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Mo., said he had determined that Brian David Mitchell is suffering from paranoid schizophrenia. DeMier said during a competency hearing for Mitchell in U.S. District Court Wednesday that Mitchell is not making rational decisions about his criminal defense. "If he believes he's going to be miraculously delivered from prison by God in two years time, that's not a rational thought process," said DeMier, who evaluated Mitchell over 45 days a year ago. Mitchell participated in less than five hours of formal interviews and talked at length about his religious beliefs but shut down when DeMier raised issues related to his mental competency, the psychologist said. Read More. |
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