mental disorder

After a scheduled marriage counseling session, a Florida man repeatedly stabbed his wife with a butcher knife. Jeanwell Napolean of Port Charlotte, Fla., is said to be undergoing a much  needed psychiatric evaluation after snapping and grabbing a knife moments after a church deacon left his home. The New York Daily News reports: “She yelled, ‘you […]

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — The judge overseeing the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius on Wednesday ordered the double-amputee athlete to undergo psychiatric tests, meaning that the trial proceedings will be delayed. The decision by Judge Thokozile Masipa followed a request for a psychiatric evaluation by the chief prosecutor, Gerrie Nel. The prosecutor had said […]