Judge orders psych evaluation for accused Beth Israel arsonist

Judge orders psych evaluation for accused Beth Israel arsonist - Mississippi Monitor

By Cass Rutledge, Magnolia Tribune   (Photo from Beth Israel Congregation)   Stephen Spencer Pittman, the accused Beth Israel arsonist, has been ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. U.S. Magistrate Judge LaKeysha Greer Isaac granted Pittman’s defense counsel’s request for the evaluation. In a motion, Pittman’s public defender, Michael L. Scott, argued that Pittman “may currently be suffering from an undefined mental disease,” which his d…

Judge orders psych evaluation for accused Beth Israel arsonist

The court order states that there is reason to believe that Pittman “may presently be suffering from a mental disease or defect rendering him mentally incompetent.”