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September 10, 2007 | Vol. XI, Issue 4


UF Law Faculty in the News


Mike SeigelMichael L. Seigel
Professor

  • Orlando Sentinel, August 29. Quoted in the story reporting on NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak’s attorney’s plan to rely on insanity as a defense. Legal experts say insanity at the time of the crime is not easy to prove, and Seigel believes this to be true as well. He said, "It's a way a jury that has sympathy for her can find her not guilty. It gives them a legal hook to hang their hat on."

Chris SloboginChristopher Slobogin
Stephen C. O’Connell Chair; Affiliate Professor of Psychiatry; Adjunct Professor, University of South Florida Mental Health Institute; Associate Director, Center on Children and Families

  • The Houston Chronicle August 29. Quoted in a story on Lisa Nowak, saying if the former NASA Astronaut were to be found not guilty by reason of insanity, under Florida statutes she would be confined to a mental hospital for up to six months while doctors evaluate whether she poses a danger.


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