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Jurors were brought back to expert evaluation as to Lorena Bobbitt's state of mind when she mutilated John, her husband. The court-appointed forensic psychologist claimed that Lorena lacked the threshold needed to meet the criteria for temporary insanity. During the cross-examination of Dr. Henry Gwaltney, he pointed out how Lorena suffered severe depression and PTSD when she attacked John, her husband, mutilating him. But he disagreed that a psychotic break was the reason for the maiming.
Jurors were brought back to expert evaluation as to Lorena Bobbitt's state of mind when she mutilated John, her husband. The court-appointed forensic psychologist claimed that Lorena lacked the threshold needed to meet the criteria for temporary insanity. During the cross-examination of Dr. Henry Gwaltney, he pointed out how Lorena suffered severe depression and PTSD when she attacked John, her husband, mutilating him. But he disagreed that a psychotic break was the reason for the maiming.
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The Lorena Bobbitt Trial
S1, EP37 "The Court-Appointed Evaluation"Jurors heard a different mental health evaluation of Lorena Bobbitt. It came from a court-appointed forensic psychologist. Dr. Henry Gwaltney concluded after his hours-long evaluation that Lorena did not suffer from acute psychosis or temporary insanity. He also noted that she didn't remember a lot of what happened. Dr. Gwaltney confirmed that he interviewed the defendant for two intensive days.
The Lorena Bobbitt Trial
S1, EP38 "The Capacity For Control"Jurors were brought back to expert evaluation as to Lorena Bobbitt's state of mind when she mutilated John, her husband. The court-appointed forensic psychologist claimed that Lorena lacked the threshold needed to meet the criteria for temporary insanity. During the cross-examination of Dr. Henry Gwaltney, he pointed out how Lorena suffered severe depression and PTSD when she attacked John, her husband, mutilating him. But he disagreed that a psychotic break was the reason for the maiming.
The Lorena Bobbitt Trial
S1, EP39 "The Forensic Psychologists"More expert testimony from a court-appointed forensic psychologist continued. Lorena Bobbitt's attorney was challenging Dr. Henry Gwaltney's report that concluded she did not suffer temporary insanity when she maimed her husband, John. Next to the stand was the third and final court-appointed mental health doctor who evaluated the defendant-Dr. Evan Nelson.
The Lorena Bobbitt Trial
S1, EP40 "A Third Medical Opinion"The third licensed psychologist working at the same psychiatry hospital in Virginia took the stand. Prosecutors wanted to convince the jury that Lorena Bobbitt was fully aware and knew right from wrong when she chose to chop off her husband John's genitalia and throw it away. Dr. Evan Nelson read through his report and noted for the jury the conduct of his interview with the defendant.
The Lorena Bobbitt Trial
S1, EP36 "Dr. Henry Gwaltney"A court-appointed forensic psychologist was called back to the witness stand. This time it was for the prosecution team in their rebuttal case accusing Lorena Bobbitt of intentionally and maliciously wounding her husband, John, when she severed his penis and discarded it. It took three different forensic mental health specialists from one psychiatric hospital in Virginia who interviewed Lorena to evaluate her state of mind. They all found no evidence of temporary insanity.
The Lorena Bobbitt Trial
S1, EP35 "The Mutilating Joke"Just days before Lorena Bobbitt maimed her husband, John, she told a neighbor that she was leaving him. On the stand this friend recalled that she offered Lorena a place to stay but Lorena never took her up on her offer. Next, the jury heard all about an off-handed joke Lorena made at work weeks before this attack. It include cutting her husband's penis off because it would hurt more than killing him. Jurors would decide if Lorena Bobbitt was really joking when she did this very thing.
The Lorena Bobbitt Trial
S1, EP34 "A Mean Wife"John Bobbitt's cousin faced cross-examination. He testified that Lorena was physical toward John and even began fights between the two. Jurors later listened to testimony from several members of her husband, John's side of the family. His aunt, who raised John since he was five, told jurors that he and Lorena rushed to get married because her green card was about to expire. The aunt later testified that the big separation during his marriage with Lorena was because she was a mean wife.
The Lorena Bobbitt Trial
S1, EP33 "John Bobbit's Family Takes The Stand"John Bobbitt, who was back on the witness stand, answered questions under cross-examination. He told the jury that it was not marital rape that led Lorena to cut off his penis but that she was frustrated with bad sex that night. In the State's rebuttal case John's close friends and family testified to specific incidents that occurred in the Bobbitt's home life. Jurors heard a side of Lorena that differed from her testimony.
