Ex-astronaut looking at insanity defense
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Former astronaut Lisa Nowak's defense team has filed notice that it may claim she was temporarily insane when she accosted a romantic rival and shot pepper spray at her, court documents say.
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The Nowak Case reopens the recommendations of a 1998 NASA report on mental health
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KOROLYOV, Russia -- A U.S. astronaut and his Ru
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A former astronaut who confronted a romantic rival at the Orlando airport intends to plead insanity at her trial on assault and kidnapping charges.
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Not so long ago, nobody would speak for Lisa Nowak. Accusations that the former astronaut had made a diaper-assisted, 1,000-mile drive to confront a woman vying for the affections of the same space shuttle pilot turned into water-cooler and late-night TV punchlines. She had devolved from a decorated Navy captain into a sad, frantic mess at the end of a jailhouse camera lens.
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By MIKE BRANOM     ORLANDO, Fla.  -- A former NASA safety inspector accused of falsifying examinations of crucial parts on the space shuttle Discovery pleaded not guilty Friday in federal court, and his attorney called him "meticulous in his work."    A trial for Billy T...
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U.S. astronaut Lisa Nowak returned to Houston on Wednesday and was to undergo mental evaluation at Johnson Space Center after her arrest on charges she tried to kill a romantic rival for a fellow astronaut.
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NASA's boss told lawmakers the agency failed to recognize the troubled mental state of NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak, who faces charges of attempted murder and attempted kidnapping.
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An US ex-astronaut accused of attempted kidnap asks a court to remove a tracking device from her ankle.
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A psychiatrist dealt a blow Friday to the insanity defense of a man accused of a dozen highway shootings, saying the suspect knew the difference between right and wrong.
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NASA will review the way it screens  astronauts for mental or medical problems after the arrest of  astronaut Lisa Nowak on charges she tried to kill a romantic  rival, the U.S. space agency said on Wednesday.
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ORLANDO, Feb. 6 -- She prepared for the 950-mile drive from Houston with the discipline of someone who had flown 13 days in space. The steel mallet, folding knife and rubber tube were all catalogued on a handwritten list, police say. She had maps, she had bus schedules and she had a disguise....
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The lawyer defending an accused accomplice of the September 11 suicide pilots at his Hamburg retrial has been critically injured in a motorbike accident, throwing into question how the case will proceed.
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The B-movie actress allegedly murdered by music producer Phil Spector probably committed suicide, a retired forensic expert testified Tuesday as the rock legend&#39;s defense case got underway.
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Gary McKinnon, accused of breaking into NASA networks, is fighting extradition to the U.S. where he could face antiterrorism charges.
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Interpretations of the insanity plea have changed through the ages, but advances in neuroscience promise to redefine free will and personal responsibility, and change the way we think about punishment. By Rowan Hooper.
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By JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE  The sad case of Lisa Nowak, the astronaut accused of driving from Houston to Orlando to try to kill a romantic rival, got my inquisitive attention.   Astronauts wear diapers?  No. 1 , sometimes.  No.