Teenager Found Guilty of Murdering 2 Students
From Times Wire Reports
A 16-year-old boy who prosecutors say smirked as he pulled the trigger in a school shooting that left two teenagers dead was convicted of murder in St. Cloud.
John Jason McLaughlin, who was tried as an adult, faces a life sentence unless his lawyer can persuade a judge that the boy was mentally ill at the time. If so, McLaughlin could be sent to a mental hospital instead of prison.
A judge who heard the case without a jury found McLaughlin guilty of first-degree murder.
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