Update:
She refused to come to court again. Therefore the judge has entered a “Not Guilty” plea on her behalf.
However, now even the US government prosecutor who is supposed to make the case against her is saying that she is in no condition to stand trial and needs psychiatric care instead.
http://www.pakistanlink.com/Headlines/Sep08/24/13.htm
In a letter to US District Judge Richard Berman, US Attorney Michael Garcia said that there was reason to believe Siddiqui, who has refused to co-operate with prison doctors, is suffering from a mental disease and is unfit to stand trial. The letter, which was made public on Tuesday, asked for a competency hearing and complete psychiatric evaluation. Garcia asked the court to find that “there is a reasonable cause to believe that the defendant may be suffering from a mental disease or defect rendering her incompetent to enter a plea or stand trial”.
Judge enters Aafia Siddiqui’s not guilty plea -DAWN - Top Stories; September 25, 2008
NEW YORK, Sept 24: Judge Richard M. Berman entered on Tuesday not guilty plea on behalf of Pakistani neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui as she again refused to come to the court.
At the Manhattan court hearing Judge Berman said he would order a “full medical and physical” evaluation of Ms Siddiqui next week whether or not she was competent to stand trial.
The judge also set Dec 17 as the next hearing date and set a tentative trial date for March 9, 2009.
Ms Siddiqui’s lawyer, Elizabeth M. Fink, has also written to the judge about her client’s mental state, citing what she called “the urgent need to treat her in a hospital setting”.—Correspondent