For perspective on the insanity defense, and on the task that will be before the jury, Denver7’s Jason Gruenauer spoke with Brad Sjostrom, the Director of Behavioral Health at AdventHealth.
Testimony has wrapped and the jury was expected to return to court Friday morning for closing arguments in the trial of the man who killed 10 people in a 2021 attack on a Boulder King Soopers. That means the jury could have the case by Friday afternoon in a trial that was delayed for years.The case was never about whether or not the defendant fired the gun that killed 10 people, including a Boulder police officer.
“We ended up in a situation where we lack evidence to suggest that at the time of the crime, his mental health symptoms made him incapable of distinguishing right from wrong,” Sjostrom said. “However, we also weren't fully able to rule out that maybe there was some sort of psychotic process going on.”Denver7's Colette Bordelon has been covering the trial since day one – and the case since the shooting happened.
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