His voice was getting stronger. “To see the problem clearly, you must understand that the law does not punish an innocent person.”
“So there is a paradox here. Imagine that a Siamese twin is being tried for murder.
The law says that you cannot punish the guilty one because you would then have to punish the innocent one.”
The jury was listening intently. David nodded toward Ashley. “In this case, we have not two but three personalities to deal with.”
He turned to Judge Williams. “I would like to call my first witness, Dr. Joel Ashanti.”
“Dr. Ashanti, where do you practice medicine?” “At Madison Hospital in New York.”
“And did you come here at my request?” “No. I read about the trial, and I wanted to testify.
I’ve worked with patients who have multiple personality disorder, and I wanted to be helpful, if I could.
MPD is much more common than the public realizes, and I want to try to clear up any misunderstandings about it.
I appreciate that, Doctor. In cases like these, is it usual to find a patient with two personalities or alters?
In my experience, people with MPD usually have many more alters, sometimes as many as a hundred.
Eleanor Tucker turned to whisper something to Mickey Brennan. Brennan smiled.
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