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Every instinct told her otherwise.
“It’s never good to mix business with pleasure,
DEPUTY Sam Blake
Serena Dowling,
Sheriff Matt Dowling
Or a father who wanted to protect his daughter.
And behind each expression of condolence was the thought: Thank God it’s not my kid.
“So it’s only a moral obligation?”
Dr. Salem said quietly, “They’re alters.”
“Have you ever heard of multiple personality disorder?”
“It’s a condition where there are several completely different personalities in one body. It’s also known as dissociative identity disorder. It’s been in the psychiatric literature for more than two hundred years. It usually starts because of a childhood trauma. The victim shuts out the trauma by creating another identity. Sometimes a person will have dozens of different personalities or alters.”
“Sometimes, yes. Sometimes, no.
Alters are created because the host can’t stand the pain of the trauma.
There are certain patterns that almost never change. For instance, frequently, alters use the same initials as their host—Ashley Patterson … Alette Peters … Toni Prescott …”
“No!” It was a scream. She was cowering against the wall of her cell, her eyes filled with terror. “You’re lying! It’s not true!”
“It’s when one or more personalities—or alters—exist in a person and take control from time to time, and that person is not aware of it. Your daughter has multiple personality disorder.”
Never fall in love with a client.
Anyone who defends her will be tarred with the same brush.”
I would have bet my life on it.”
“Not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity.”
I’m usually against plea bargaining, but in this case, I think it’s justified.”
‘Not guilty because I didn’t commit the crime, my alter ego did it.’
“You’re very stubborn. A lot of people find that an admirable quality.” She leaned forward in her chair. “I don’t.”
They asked general questions that would encourage the jurors to talk and reveal something of themselves and their true feelings.
“Well, it sure looks like it.”
But killing them and being guilty are two different things.
Gary King.
“David, don’t ever be sorry for doing something you believe is right.”
Psychiatry is not an exact science.”
Are you saying that there’s no way to tell whether someone who claims he has MPD is lying or malingering or using it to excuse some crime he or she doesn’t want to be held responsible for?”
“I’m afraid not. Even under hypnosis or with sodium amytal, there is no way of exposing someone if he or she is faking.”
“Dr. Raleigh, what does iatrogenicity mean?”
When you have heard their testimony, I’m sure that it will cast a whole different light on what Mr. Brennan has had to say.
For murder in the first degree to be proved, there must be not only a guilty act, but a guilty intention.
“It depends. Alters have various degrees of influence.”
it’s a fictitious alibi to escape punishment …”
So, Joey, baby, you take your partnership and shove it where the sun don’t shine.”
To one degree or another, a lot of people do that.”
“She said we have to escape from here and kill Father.”
