Deliberations Begin on Yosemite Killer’s Sanity
Jurors had a lot to consider Thursday as they began deciding whether convicted murderer Cary Stayner was sane when he killed three Yosemite Park tourists.
The defense asked them to focus on the criminal, his twisted mind and his traumatic upbringing. The prosecution told them to look at the crimes and Stayner’s explanation of them.
A Santa Clara County Superior Court jury was left to sort out the rest, weighing the testimony of two psychiatrists who reached opposite conclusions about whether Stayner was insane or knew what he was doing when he killed--and knew it was wrong.
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