Alleged synagogue arsonist will undergo psych exam, federal judge rules 

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Madison County man accused of setting fire to Mississippi’s largest synagogue early this year will undergo a psychiatric examination. U.S. Magistrate Judge LaKeysha Greer Isaac granted a request from Stephen Spencer Pittman’s attorney, who wrote in a sparsely worded court filing last week that he believed Pittman is suffering from a mental illness. “As such, the defense counsel believes this undefined mental disease makes the de