Friday, July 19, 2013

John Henry Spooner Guilty of 1st Degree Murder - Was He Insane?

Chicago Sun Times


A Milwaukee man was convicted Wednesday of fatally shooting his 13-year-old neighbor whom he suspected had broken into his home and stolen weapons. The trial now shifts into a second phase in which the defense will try to prove the 76-year-old defendant was mentally ill at the time of the shooting.

A jury deliberated for about an hour before finding John Henry Spooner guilty of first-degree intentional homicide. Surveillance video from Spooner’s own security cameras showed him confronting Darius Simmons in May 2012, pointing a gun at him from about 6 feet away and shooting him in the chest.

2 comments:

  1. But I thought it was a "get away with murder" law?

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  2. Apparently it doesn't work the way Laci says it does.

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