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Psychologists and psychiat rists for both the prosecution and defense testified that Hurst suffered at the time of the stab bing from “schizophreniform,” which is relatively unpredictable and acute but fairly easy to treat. However, District Court Judge Bradley Smith ruled that 14 months of psychiatric and medical treatment had cor rected Hurst’s condition, and re leased him from custody. Hurst is still seeing a psychiatrist, although such treatment was not required by the court, and is attending welding classes. “I just want to put it behind me,” Hurst says. “I’m deeply sorry for what happened, and I feel real bad about the whole thing. All I want now is to pick up the pieces of my life.” Barbara Sue Dill, the mother of the victim, says “no one who commits such a brutal crime should be set free. He should either be in a prison or a mental hospital. Suppose he has a re lapse. He could hurt someone else.” Dr. Barney M. Davis, a Hous ton psychiatrist, testified for the prosecution in the Hurst trial. He said Friday the likelihood of a recurrence of Hurst’s psycho tic episode “is felt to be very small,” and added that this parti cular disorder “is less likely to recur than any other illness we see.” Davis said he is “relatively comfortable” with the decision not to commit Hurst to a mental institution. “At the time that I saw him he was sane, and I would not pre dict that he would have a recurr ence.” However, Davis said, “I think there are some gaping holes in the whole process (of the insan ity defense).” He emphasized, though, that he thinks the Hurst ruling was a good decision. “Somebody else with a diffe rent family and different cir cumstances that had done the same thing would probably not be nearly as willing to continue treatment.” The decision to let the judge rule on Hurst’s sanity came from Brazos County District Attorney Travis Bryan III, who said Fri day that a jury trial would have been a waste of time: two psychiatrists and a psychologist for the state, along with a de fense-hired psychiatrist, testi fied in a hearing that Hurst had been insane. “Thejudge,” Bryan said, “did the only thing he could have, given the status of the law and the evidence presented. I have no argument with the judge’s decision.” However, Bryan said the cur rent insanity defense — not guil ty by reason of insanity — should be abolished. “We ought to have two diffe rent types of correctional facili ties: one for normal prisoners and one for the mentally ill,” he said. “I don’t think it would be fair to expose other prisoners to (mentally ill inmates)... and they (mentally ill inmates) need to have other types of rehabilita tive treatment,” he said. “Nevertheless, what is needed is an incarceration for a long time.” However, Bryan is pessimistic about changes in the law. “The Hinckley case has fo cused attention on the insanity defense, but public outcry about the insanity defense is nothing new, and the law is still on the books. “I assume it will stay the same. I don’t agree with it, but I assume it will stay the way it is, despite the public backlash. State Senator Kent Caperton also thinks changes are needed — but he is optimistic about the possibilities. “There is a definite need to change the (current) law,” Caperton said Friday, “A jury needs to be able to find a defen dant guilty but insane at the time of the act ... and the defendant be removed from society to pro tect society. “We don’t need a law that lets horrible acts go without separa tion from society. “Without question, I think we’ll see the Texas Legislature deal with the issue in its next session. We’ll never do away with the insanity defense altogether, but I think there de finitely will be a change in the current procedures.” United Press International WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A Wake Forest researcher whose work has drawn interna tional attention recently is look ing for ways to battle parasites that cause massive damage to the heart and other tissues in the human body. Dr. Raymond Kuhn, working with scientists at Texas A&M University, is trying to deter mine how widespread the para sites are among coyotes in Texas. Kuhn said scientists want to determine which of the body’s immune responses are effective against the parasite Trypanoso ma cruzi, which causes Chagas’ disease. Chagas’ disease is the prim ary cause of heart disease in Central and South America, with one out of three deaths in South America attributed to the disease. Kuhn said it is not un usual for children ages 12 to 15 to die of heart attacks with little in the way of treatment. The parasite is a formidable opponent because of its ability to survive the body’s immune sys tem, Kuhn said. During the first six weeks after the initital infec tion, the immune system is pow erless against the fast-growing parasites, he said. “If we knew how they survive, we could possibly figure a way to circumvent that mechanism,” said Kuhn, whose work has attracted more than $600,000 in grants from federal agencies and the World Health tion in the past two Kuhn said the parasii attack all the body’stissut for some reason they heart.” Kuhn said a single pi all it takes to cause Chad ease. As the insect bites its and sucks his blood, itdi on the skin. The feces the parasites, which live bug’s intestines. When tint later scratches iht Kuhn said, the fecescoaij ates the wound andthepj enter the body. 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