Garbarino book goes inside the minds of murderers [News.Cornell.edu]

Samantha Sangenito 2/26/154:00 AM

In two decades as a psychological expert witness for 75 murder cases, James Garbarino, MAT ’70, Ph.D. ’73, never had encountered a scarier defendant. The heavily shackled convict with bulging, tattooed arms was in prison for killing a store clerk in a robbery – and had snapped and slain another man while incarcerated.

In interviews with Garbarino, the inmate recounted his traumatic upbringing, a history of extreme abuse and neglect. Garbarino closed with his standard question: “What can you tell me about yourself that others would be surprised to hear?”

“I cry myself to sleep every night,” the killer replied.

[For more of this story, written by Tom Boscia, go to http://www.news.cornell.edu/st...side-minds-murderers]

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