You may find this interesting as I did. It comes from PsychologyToday.com:

Confessions of a Sociopath

Thank you to my friend Robin for bringing it to my attention.

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Questions by reader “Joanna”

1) Does the law recognize antisocial personality disorder?

Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD), the disorder that psychopaths (a.k.a. sociopaths) are afflicted with, is a recognized mental condition. Therefore, the courts do recognize it, but with some basic caveats. continue reading…

Time is either speeding up or I’m beginning to slow down — and that is sort of a lead-in to the fact that I’m falling behind a bit on writing new posts. I’ve got about a half dozen started, but in various stages of completion.

One post in particular was about the superior court judge who presided over my divorce 16 years ago. Well, it began 16 years ago and ended about 15 years, 9 months ago, but I had to face him three more times because that ex of mine didn’t want to pay child support and kept suing me. She never won, though the attorneys did.

But the post was about the judge who I thought was borderline racist, an egotistical dick-head, and obviously played favorites with attorneys. I knew that I was sticking my neck out, but I felt it needed to be heard. He was not honest. I spent a lot of time writing it. Technically speaking, I do not know if he was aware of the concept of blind justice, but he was certainly continue reading…

A Reader’s Question …

Q: How can I prove someone is a psychopath in court?

Generally speaking, you probably can’t. “Psychopath” (or sociopath) typically describes a person who has been diagnosed with one or more personality disorders, such as Antisocial Personality Disorder (APD or ASPD), Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD), and others.

Since they are defined illnesses, most courts will only permit an expert in the field to testify, and since it is considered someone’s private medical information, it may not be allowed at all. The most common test is the PCL-R assessment, continue reading…

Our Judicial system is crumbling. What would be the chance of it ever getting fixed? Let’s think about that. There are three branches of the Federal government: Executive, Legislative and Judicial.

• Which branch has the most power? Judicial.
• Which is over all three, including policing itself? Judicial.
• Potentially, where does the biggest problem lie? Judicial.

The Judicial branch is our system of courts. A courtroom is where the common man is likely going to get closest to one of the three branches of the federal government. The top court in the country, the Supreme Court, is potentially as political as the other two branches of the government. continue reading…