Jury to Weigh Zoloft Defense in Murder Case
Jurors began deliberating in Charleston in the murder trial of a 15-year-old boy who says the antidepressant Zoloft drove him to kill his grandparents three years ago.
The trial has been billed as the first case involving a youngster who says an antidepressant caused him to kill. The trial also comes at a time of heightened scrutiny over the use of antidepressants among children.
Prosecutors called the Zoloft defense a smokescreen, saying the then-12-year-old boy knew exactly what he was doing when he shot his grandparents, set fire to their house and then drove off in their car.
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