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INDIANAPOLIS — A jury has found Elliahs Dorsey guilty but mentally ill on all six counts of charges he faced in the 2020 killing of IMPD Officer Breann Leath.The defense was hoping for not guilty by insanity.
"Well of course, we wanted the harshest because ya know but I will take over that over a mistrial or his insanity defense. I will take it because he is going to prison and that's what I wanted," she said."Relief, happy, sadness because she's not here. She's not coming back. She's never gonna be here again, but I hope it made her proud," said Leath.She was responding to a call for help regarding a domestic disturbance.
"It was agony, especially when we got sent home last night. The words mistrial got brought up. That was really hard, but we were determined to seek justice for her, even if we had to do it all over again," said Leath.PREVIOUS | Jury weighs fate of man accused of killing IMPD officer Breann Leath "When you came in here last Monday, you knew the difference between right and wrong. You also knew how to tell if somebody else knew the difference between right and wrong. You have common sense, you have judgment,” said Robert Beatson. “So, I am asking you to call on your judgment and recognize that you know the difference between right and wrong and on April 9, 2020, so did the defendant.”
In our country, we should hold the judicial process in high regard. We want to thank the jury for their thoughtful deliberation and service. We look forward to the opportunity for the court to hear from Breann’s family at sentencing and for the judge to impose a sentence fitting of his crimes.
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