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Update on the Nichols Case in Georgia

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The Fulton County Daily Report today carries an AP dispatch, "State gets wish to examine Nichols."Prosecutors can have their own expert examine for up to 18 hours a man who plans to argue that he was mentally ill when he killed a judge and three others after escaping custody at the Fulton County Courthouse where he was on trial for rape, a judge ruled Wednesday. Superior Court Judge James Bodiford rejected arguments from Brian Nichols' attorney, who claimed Nichols has a constitutional right not to answer questions from a state expert and that prosecutors waited too long to make the request. It wasn't clear when the examination would take place, though Bodiford said the questioning will be limited to six hours a day for three consecutive days...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 12, 2008 (boomark / email).