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Poor self-esteem, severe depression, and self-isolation was Lorena Bobbitt's behavior during her marriage with John. Common symptoms of battered woman's syndrome according to the forensic psychiatrist who performed a full mental health evaluation on Lorena after she maimed her husband. Dr. Susan Feister even elaborated that Lorena suffered severe depression as a result in her failing marriage.
S1, EP43 "Heat Of Passion"
In their final remarks to the jury, the prosecution team went over their timeline of events that led up to the moment John's penis was chopped off while he was sleeping. The State alleged Lorena Bobbitt was acting rationally when she chose to retrieve a kitchen knife and aimed for her husband's genitalia. Next, it was Lorena Bobbitt's team to address jurors. Her lead attorney stressed to the jury the mental and emotional trauma she endured up until the point of the attack.
S1, EP44 "Who's The Real Victim?"
Jurors listened to a fiery closing arguments from Lorena Bobbitt's attorney. He told them that she was a good girl from another country who got trapped in an abusive marriage to John. He dismissed any idea that she acted rationally and with a plan when she attacked her husband that day. Next, the State gave its rebuttal to the jury. The lead prosecutor began by calling this case bizarre before claiming there was mutual conflict between John and Lorena over the years.
S1, EP45 "Jury Verdict"
The lead prosecutor wrapped up the state's closing arguments. He stressed the claim that there was no evidence that Lorena Bobbitt was temporarily insane when she attacked her husband, John, and left their home with his severed penis in her hand. After seven hours of deliberation, the jury of seven women and five men reached its verdict on what exactly propelled Lorena to maim her husband that fateful day.
S1, EP42 "Closing Arguments"
Closing arguments began for the jury. Soon they would decide Lorena Bobbitt's culpability when she sliced off her husband John's penis and then got rid of the severed organ in the neighborhood - forcing police to find and retrieve it. The prosecutor began by addressing the international media attention this case garnered and the notoriety of the defendant's unthinkable act in sexually maiming her husband.
S1, EP41 "Anger Not Insanity"
According to her mental health evaluation, Lorena Bobbitt was getting ready to leave her marriage to John. That was just days before she attacked her husband. So, why did she attack him? That'll be a question for jurors ahead in their deliberations. Cross-examination began on the third court-appointed mental health doctor who evaluated her. Dr. Evan Nelson was also the third expert to dismiss the idea that Lorena suffered from temporary insanity when she attacked her husband and mutilated him.
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.
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.
