Package to psychiatrist privileged?
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Jul 30th, 2012, 04:00 PM
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Package to psychiatrist privileged?
Legal and medical experts said Friday it was not clear whether courts would uphold an assertion of privilege made Friday by a lawyer for the suspect in last week's mass shooting inside a Colorado movie theater over the contents of a package he sent to his psychiatrist.
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Aug 10th, 2012, 09:08 PM
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Re: Package to psychiatrist privileged?
This is a technicality that needs to be abolished. People are still holding onto things like this for the sake of upholding our constitution. Understood, but doling out justice where justice is definitely needed should take precedence here.
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Aug 11th, 2012, 06:42 AM
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If one abolishes doctor-patient privilege, those with severe problems would never feel free to speak of what is troubling them. It is not the privilege that is a problem, though, for doctors are free to report someone they believe is ready to commit an act of violence.
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Aug 17th, 2012, 10:34 PM
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It should be up to the psychiatrist to decide because they are supposed to be the most knowledgeable in this field. If Holmes' psychiatrist didn't see this coming, then he's not very good in my opinion.
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