Brian McDonald

so suzanne ducate, the Ct. DOC shrink, formerly of the Texas DOC, tells Judge Jon Blue that hayes is fine and ready to go and after just ONE DAY back in court, thomas ullman, hayes' attorney, has the judge slam the breaks on the process to have hayes' competency checked out by some other psychiatrist. maybe suzanne should have stayed on vacation. (more…)

the prison shrink testified yesterday that hayes told her he's hopeless, and that his plan now is to wait for the State to put him to death. if the speed of the trial is any indication, hayes has a long life ahead of him. (more…)

judge, lawyers to meet with prison psychiatrist again today to talk about hayes' treatment in jail. the psychiatrist being questioned is Suzanne Ducate who's been with the Connecticut DOC since 2006. seemingly not one to be trifled with, Ducate was a flight surgeon in the Air Force for seven years. but she was also a Director of Mental (more…)

launching the space shuttle is more predictable than the steven hayes' murder trial. hayes' attorney, Thomas Ullman, wants to ask the prison shrink more questions, and Judge Blue is going to let him. so resuming jury selection on march 15th is a big maybe.

it's going on six weeks since hayes tried to commit suicide.

according to news stories out of connecticut, steven hayes isn't talking to the prison psychiatrist because his lawyer told him not to. in response, the shrink is refusing hayes his meds, which include anti-psychotics and anti-depressants.

the attorney, thomas ullman, was able to stop the jury selection process for nearly a month by telling (more…)