So in 46 trials every one he is on the stand for he has diagnosed as sane. Why would he do this? To keep people from being patients at his hospital? Wouldn't that eventually put him out of a job if he had no patients?
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I did sixty in five minutes once...
he's a stooge for the state, which guarantees he gets hired to be their expert witness on a regular basis. expert witness pay is usually quite generous
some of the best moments we pass in this life are in the dreams of others
State psychiatrist working for the state attorney (or DA).
shareExactly what the OPs said. If you take the stand 46 times and every single one has been for the state and every single diagnosis has been sane, then that's a problem. It shows he is biased and not acting ethically. He was a state shill.
One flew east, one flew west. One flew over the cuckoo's nest.
I'm pretty sure the character was based on Dr. James Grigson.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Grigsonshare
James Grigson (born 1932 in Texarkana, Texas; died 2004),[1] called by parts of the press as "Doctor Death",[2][3][4] was a Texas forensic psychiatrist who testified in 167 capital trials, nearly all of which resulted in death sentences
In capital crime cases, Grigson, throughout his career, was typically a testifying expert for the prosecution. Under Texas law, for death to be imposed the jury must believe the defendant not only to be guilty of the crime charged, but certain to commit additional violent crimes if not put to death. In almost every case, Grigson testified (often after meeting the defendant for just a few minutes, or not at all)[4] that the defendant was an "incurable" sociopath who was "one hundred per cent certain" to kill again.
Simple. He finds them legally sane and the State keeps using him as their expert which means easy money.
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