Posted on 07/14/2015 6:11:45 AM PDT by SatinDoll
NEW YORK – At a hearing Monday in Manhattan in which he ruled filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza must continue community service for four more years, U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman said he considers D’Souza’s violation of federal campaign-finance laws to be evidence of a psychological problem and ordered further counseling.
D’Souza’s defense counsel Benjamin Brafman provided evidence to the court that the psychiatrist D’Souza was ordered to see found no indication of depression or reason for medication. In addition, the psychologist D’Souza subsequently consulted provided a written statement concluding there was no need to continue the consultation, because D’Souza was psychologically normal and well adjusted.
But Judge Berman, who was appointed by Bill Clinton, disagreed, effectively overruling the judgment of the two licensed psychological counselors the U.S. probation department had approved as part of D’Souza’s criminal sentence.
“I only insisted on psychological counseling as part of Mr. D’Souza’s sentence because I wanted to be helpful,” the judge explained. “I am requiring Mr. D’Souza to see a new psychological counselor and to continue the weekly psychological consultation not as part of his punishment or to be retributive.
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This is shocking and has nothing to do with justice.
The Soviets made sure political enemies were “crazy” too.
The Communists can’t help but commie.
Welcome to Obama care ...
reeducation
He’s off the reservation. Re-education camp required for D’Souza and his followers.
Soon they’ll lock up conservatives in mental asylums.
D’Souza is a political prisoner, nothing more. I am ashamed of my country.
Maybe D’nesh could get together with Charles Krauthammer and do lunch every week
This is what psychiatry is for.
Exactly right.
Re-education camp for mr. D’Souza.
Predictable in this pc environment.
Fight back or it could be you next.
Great idea.
Communism has nothing on Obamunism.
Wow. This is unbelievable.
Any counselling required for the real crooks, like Sharpton and his cohorts?
Where is his lawyer, and why isn’t he/she fighting this?
The playbook hasn’t changed, only the regime has.
The Democrats create an environment that would send Ghandi into a deep depression then wonder why he’s depressed. Liberal logic 101. They seem to have an inability to see the obvious.
America is the new Soviet Union.
D’Souza’s representation needs to call attention to the judge.
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