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...After all this, it seems cruelly ironic that Goldstein's attorneys must try to prove that their client, with his 3,500-page mental history, is insane. So, with his consent, they have decided to take him off his medication. The reasoning goes that since the issue is Andrew Goldstein's state of mind when he killed Kendra Webdale, when he was off his medication, the deranged Goldstein should be the one the jury sees, not the pharmaceutically stabilized one whose demons are muted by drugs...
...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, or abetting a nervous breakdown on the witness stand to give your client a chance at getting treatment? These do not seem like choices befitting a civilized society. (A law was passed last November in New York that calls for involuntary hospitalization for up to 72 hours when mental patients refuse to take their medicine. The irony is that the so-called Kendra...
...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 if Goldstein testifies. "The danger of bringing a witness...
...That character is Daru, a bank employee in his late 20s who gets smart with a senior client and loses his job. He finds comfort in an affair with his best friend's wife, a homemaker named Mumtaz with a second career as an undercover journalist. We learn early on that our primary narrator (the first person switches frequently among the main characters) has been involved in a botched robbery, and is now on trial for murder. The evidence sounds damning, although we are not told the specifics of the case until much later in the book. The story...
...protects HMOs from being sued for denial of service. A defense lawyer may have inadvertently hit the nail on the head when he said, "It is no exaggeration to suggest that the future of medical care in its delivery and its regulations are implicated by this case. If my client's setup violates [federal law] then all managed care does as well...