I'm not sure the jury believes his story. The client hung his head. I didn't know he'd been to three different psychiatrists. Unfortunately at this point, he's all we've got. We have no choice but to put him back on the stand and try to rehabilitate his testimony.
Rehabilitation is an interesting word.
We think of it most often with regard to a person who has been injured and is working hard to regain the use of an arm or a leg or learning how to speak again. We also use the word to identify the process of rebuilding the inner life of a convicted criminal so as to render him useful to society. Walking, speaking, being useful in society - all reflect the state of man as God designed him to be. A person crippled by injury or disease, an individual found guilty of a crime - neither reflect God's original intent for the human race. Obviously such a question cannot be fully addressed here.