Bernard L. Diamond, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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American psychiatrist and legal scholar
Date of Birth: 08-Dec-1912
Date of Death: 18-Nov-1990
Profession: psychiatrist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Bernard L. Diamond
- This article is about the courtroom psychiatrist, for the Victoria cross recipient see Bernard Diamond (VC).Bernard Lee Diamond (December 18, 1912 – November 18, 1990) was a Professor of law and psychiatry at the University of California, Berkeley.
- He is primarily known for his contribution to what is known as forensic psychiatry.
- He was an expert witness for the defense in many well known trials, most notably the trial of Sirhan Sirhan, the killer of Robert Kennedy.
- The defense based much of their case on Diamond's testimony that Sirhan was suffering from diminished capacity at the time that he fired the deadly shots.
- In the 1980's Jonathon Marks who was representing Mark David Chapman for his alleged act of murder of John Lennon brought Dr.
- Diamond in to perform medical legal evaluations on Chapman.
- Due to his significant place in the Sirhan Sirhan trial, he figures prominently into a number of conspiracy theories regarding Robert Kennedy.
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