Judge Orders Mental Exam for Jose Padilla
The federal judge presiding over the Jose Padilla trial ordered him to be mentally evaluated by Bureau of Prisons doctors.
Defense attorneys have argued that 3-1/2 years of torture and solitary confinement in a military brig had left Padilla mentally ill and unable to understand the charges against him or assist in his defense.
Prosecutors have emphatically denied that Padilla was mistreated in any way but did not object to his undergoing a mental exam.
Is that because they have faith the BOP shrinks will rule for them?
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