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May 30, 2008

WA v Haq verdict watch continues

Posted: 10:09 AM ET

SEATTLE, Washington –No note, no questions, nor hint of progress from the jury deliberating the fate of Naveed Haq, on trial for killing one person and injuring five others in an attack on the Jewish Federation headquarters.  Haq presented an insanity defense.

Jurors took a longer than usual lunch and deliberated for 5 hours and 25 minutes Thursday before retiring for the night.  The jury has deliberated now for a total of 22 hours and 45 minutes over four days, and will resume today at 12:00 EST.

–In Session staff

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Dennis Basonic   June 1st, 2008 11:16 am ET

The def in this case is guilty. He is not insane. An insane person wouldnt have been able to do the things he did and take the steps he took to accomplish his goal of murder. Just driving requires a plan if he was insane he would drive in circles he dorve to a place he hated which requires a thought process. An insane person would have walked out of his house and started shooting up the neighborhood including inanimate objects. An insane person wouldnt have been able to talk on the phone as he did and make any sense. He was calculating in his attack which requires thinking and processing of his thoughts. He knew where he was going when he went there, An insane person would have most likely killed randomly. He chose his target. He took steps to make his plan happen. He knew what death was when he turned himself in to avoid being killed by police. That requires knowing the difference of what is right and what is wrong. Hopefully the juors dont see through the defense tactics of trying to get someone off of murder. Planning and carrying out a plan requires thought process that an insane person could never do.

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