Show i AVANT URGES SANITY JURIES do 4 Va Dec Dee 30 UP A UP-A A kind of at grand jury for every te to in the union which would ke e an Impersonal analysis on the ther r Ity of at any criminal was prod pro- pro sed ed d today before the American I sedation for tor the Advancement of jence Dr Winfred of Saint Elizabeth's Elizabeths hospi- hospi principal government hospi- hospi el for the ne Insane told mem- mem j rs attending the special possum on mental health that i appointment of at such a jury impartial impartial eX experts erts In psychiatry I uld Buld serve the cause of justice justic tier ter than the use in many crimi- crimi I 1 Teases of reputed experts wh why who I y for and against an accused t Up to Judge Now At the present time he pointed t L lit t is left to the discretion o of trial judge who is not qualified on sanity orty or ori speak as an expert i ty and both defense and pros pros- tion find find medical men who will wil 1 i. i sent opinions directly opposed toch to ch ich other 1 Itis almost a universal practice h presiding over criminal trials to permit almost any doctor medicine who has a license to to testify as an expert in Tactically any field Dr Overl Over- Over the truth Iser declared whereas 15 l' l that psychiatry is a highly J field which most Jiow ow little about j 1 To Tomake 0 make the matter worse he ded the appellate courts because legal codes of ethics are Uto challenge the judicial diction dis- dis tion of ot judges of a lower court courto 1 o admit such medical testimony Physicians Certified 1 The h he American Psychiatric asso- asso tion and the American have certified ap- ap physicians through- through country who are qualified lj pass on the sanity of an l De added and these r are the only ones ad- ad to testify in federal district burts In addition California and Massachusetts have j jed based ed laws enabling judges to ap- ap j physicians to furnish unwed un services in trial wed ed expert any j Such methods prevent the battle If X r experts which has so often taken ace ce in prominent American crimi- crimi il I trials and give both judges judge andies and andries j ies ries the benefit of advice which not prejudiced by the fees I by a psychiatrist for testing tes tes- tess s ng ting he declared j j RICHMOND Va Dec 30 UP A elter er B. B Cannon of at Harvard unity uni- uni Kity ity was elected president of ot the rican Association for the Ad- Ad cement ement of Science today |