Abduction suspect medication upheld
From Times Wire Reports
The state Supreme Court upheld a judge’s order that the woman accused of aiding in the 2002 kidnapping of teenager Elizabeth Smart from her Salt Lake City home be forcibly medicated for mental illness.
Wanda Barzee, 62, has fought the forced administration of anti-psychotic drugs, saying through her attorneys that the medication is against her religion. A district judge ordered forced medication in June 2006.
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