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During the Defense's case, John Bobbitt returned to the stand in his wife's trial. He explained the fights they had during their rocky 4-year marriage. It was just 5 days after their anniversary that Lorena cut off his penis with a kitchen knife. Her defense tried to discredit her husband in the eyes of the jury during her trial. On the stand, they grilled John with questions about physical and verbal fights the couple had during their marriage.
John Bobbitt was defending himself on the stand, as his wife stood trial for cutting off his penis. He denied repeatedly that he beat Lorena, and instead, he claimed it was Lorena who was violent with him over the years. The jury then learned from witnesses who claimed that John enjoyed rough sex and hurting his partners. What would the jury make of that, since his wife, Lorena, claimed he sexually assaulted her.
The Defense's case was to expose all the dirty laundry when it came to John Bobbitt's sex life. Witnesses they called to the stand accused him of not only enjoying rough sex, but they said he liked causing pain and hearing the women yell for help. Lorena's friends and co-workers claimed as a husband John was jealous, controlling, and violent. Testimony had been emotional and graphic at times during this trial as witnesses talked about the Bobbitt's sex life.
Jeffrey Dahmer's defense questions a forensic psychiatrist about sexual disorders and tries to prove Dahmer was not responsible for the deaths of his victims, claiming the effects of sexual disorders took over his mind and, therefore, his actions.
Jeffrey Dahmer's defense attorney fights to get his line of questioning in; the state's mental health expert witness testifies Dahmer set a precedent when he committed his crimes, but that he knew what he was doing was wrong.
Jeffrey Dahmer's defense repeatedly asks a forensic psychiatrist about the defendant's mental state in an attempt to convince jurors that Dahmer should not be held responsible for all the deaths.
The judge in Jeffrey Dahmer's trial rules on an interview video of the confessed serial killer and a mental health expert witness; both sides zero in on the interview the forensic psychiatrist conducted with Dahmer.
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