After reading “Murder on Abortion Row” and the official court transcripts on the John Salvi’s case I would have found the defendant John Salvi incompetent to stand trail until he was willing to work better with his defense team. In the official court transcripts John Salvi repeatedly stated that he did not have to answer questions that he did not want to answer. John Salvi kept using his Fifth Amendment and avoided answering many questions. John Salvi also repeatedly accuses the psychiatrist to be a part of the prosecution team, and he did not like it. According to the legal requirements of legal competency John Salvi should not have been competent to stand trial. The legal requirements to be competent are to be able to adequately communicate