Таинственная история Билли Миллигана

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           "Well,then,"Garysaid,grinningthroughhisbeard,"WilliamStanleyMilliganwillbethefirst."

           Dr.GeorgeHarding,Jr.,nowfoundhimselfstrugglingwithhisconscience.TherewasnodoubtinhismindthatBillywasfusedorclosetofusionnowandprobablycouldbefusedenoughtostandtrial.Thatwasn’ttheproblem.AsDr.GeorgelayawakenightsinlateAugust,goingoverthematerialforthereporttoJudgeFlowers,hewonderedifitwasmorallyrighttousethediagnosisofmultiplepersonalityasadefenseagainstthesemajorcrimes.

           Hewasdeeplyconcernedwiththeissueofcriminalresponsibility.Ittroubledhimthathiswordsmightbemisused,bringingdiscredittothemultiplepersonalitydiagnosis,tootherpatientswhohadthissyndrome,totheprofessionandtopsychiatrictestimony.IfJudgeFlowersacceptedhisjudgmentthatthisdissociativedisorder,classifiedthusfarasaneurosis,wasreasontofindapatientnotguiltybyreasonofinsanity,heknewitwouldsetlegalprecedentinOhio,andperhapsinthecountry.

           Dr.GeorgebelievedBillyMilliganhadnothadcontroloverhisactionsonthosethreefatefuldayslastOctober.Itwashisjobtolearnmoreandtopushintonewareas.Itwashisresponsibilitytounderstandthiscase,tounderstandBillyinawaythatwouldbeusefultosocietyindealingwithsimilarproblems.