Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Moody agrees with antidepressant defense

According to a Forbes.com article, U.S. District Judge James Moody Jr. agreed with defendant Patrick Henry Stewart, a Tampa executive who embezzled $1.8 million dollars from his employer, that an antidepressant he was taking made him commit this crime. Instead of sentencing Stewart to the 3 1/2 years in prison recommended by prosecutors (as part of a plea agreement), Moody sentenced Stewart to home confinement for one year and five year's probation. Wonder how much Stewart's copay was on that prescription for the antidepressant...not enough, I would venture.

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