No Verdict in Sniper Trial
By Jeralyn, Section Crime in the News
Posted on Wed Dec 17, 2003 at 08:33:00 PM EST
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Posted on Wed Dec 17, 2003 at 08:33:00 PM EST
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The jury retired for the day without a verdict in the trial of accused sniper John Lee Malvo. But they did have questions. While you can never predict what a jury is going to do, from the sound of this one, we'd say an insanity verdict is a definite possibility:
The jury also asked for help with the definition it was given of malice, a necessary element to a murder conviction. Jurors had trouble with the instruction that an act is malicious only when "the mind of the actor is under control of reason."
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