12-23-2014, 06:46 PM
GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS
A jury found a Canadian man guilty on Tuesday of killing and dismembering his Chinese lover and mailing the remains to schools and political parties around the country.
Luka Magnotta was convicted of first-degree murder in the 2012 slaying of Jun Lin after eight days of jury deliberations. He was also convicted on the four other related charges.
Magnotta, 32, had pleaded not guilty. While he admitted to the slaying, he sought to be found not criminally responsible by reason of insanity. His lawyer argued he is schizophrenic and couldn't tell right from wrong at the time of the slaying.
The prosecution countered the crime was both planned and deliberate and that Magnotta's behavior and actions were not those of an insane person. The jury agreed.
Magnotta has received an automatic life sentence for first-degree murder, with no possibility of parole for 25 years. He was sentenced to another 19 years for the four other charges he was convicted on.
Quebec Superior Court Justice Guy Cournoyer gave Magnotta the maximum sentence on the four lesser charges, to be served concurrently with the first-degree murder sentence.
Refs:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/luka-magnott...ee-murder/
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/luka-magnotta-...22861.html
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/luka-magnotta-...22861.html
A jury found a Canadian man guilty on Tuesday of killing and dismembering his Chinese lover and mailing the remains to schools and political parties around the country.
Luka Magnotta was convicted of first-degree murder in the 2012 slaying of Jun Lin after eight days of jury deliberations. He was also convicted on the four other related charges.
Magnotta, 32, had pleaded not guilty. While he admitted to the slaying, he sought to be found not criminally responsible by reason of insanity. His lawyer argued he is schizophrenic and couldn't tell right from wrong at the time of the slaying.
The prosecution countered the crime was both planned and deliberate and that Magnotta's behavior and actions were not those of an insane person. The jury agreed.
Magnotta has received an automatic life sentence for first-degree murder, with no possibility of parole for 25 years. He was sentenced to another 19 years for the four other charges he was convicted on.
Quebec Superior Court Justice Guy Cournoyer gave Magnotta the maximum sentence on the four lesser charges, to be served concurrently with the first-degree murder sentence.
Refs:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/luka-magnott...ee-murder/
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/luka-magnotta-...22861.html
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/luka-magnotta-...22861.html