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April 25, 2008
Posted: 12:18 PM ET

Seattle, Washington – Jewish Federation employee Molly Bennett was called by prosecutors because she found a bullet casing in a candy dish on her desk some time after the shooting.

But the real points made with this witness came on cross-examination, when she testified there was a certain apathy about the attacker, that he did not seem to care what happened, and also did not make any specifically anti-Semitic comments.

A computer expert told jurors about a series of Google searches conducted on the defendant’s computer. Five days before the shooting, Naveed Haq seemed fascinated by research on statistical differences between Jewish and Arab people; among his search terms were “arab americans in congress,” and “number of jews in israel.”

The evening before the Jewish Federation attack, his focus had shifted, and his searches narrowed eerily during 16 minutes from a general search for Jewish organizations and events, to “current jewish federation events” – and, eventually, the Mapquest directions to the federation’s Seattle offices.

In Session staff

Filed under: Jewish Center shooting • Trials


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Donna McCormack   April 25th, 2008 4:44 pm ET

These kind of trials remind us that time and money are important
Donna Bellingham, Wa.

Michele Smaltz   April 28th, 2008 9:55 am ET

It seems as though every time a crime happens that is so horrific we can’t understand why it would happen, the defense goes for a insanity defense. Haq deserves to spend the rest of his life in jail. What can we do to force a psychiatric evaluation for everyone who wants to purchase a hand gun? Having a gun is a huge responsibility. I believe it is more of a responsibility than driving a car, however it is harder to get a driver’s license than a gun. Isn’t there something wrong with that?

debra   April 28th, 2008 10:40 am ET

this is the most boring case I’ve ever seen on court tv

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