03-21-2013, 03:21 PM
(03-21-2013, 03:10 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: P.s. surprised me that Samuels has said a couple of times that PTSD is not a get-out-of-jail-free-card. I don't understand why an expert defense witness would ever choose that phrasing on the stand, but I'm certainly not objecting!
I believe he's trying to emphasize his diagnosis was a benign and clinical statement rather than being identified as a bought and paid for witness.
My guess: The defense believed he was giving the impression that this was a purchased excuse rather than objective science.