Overview

• Justin Mohn faces 13 counts, including first-degree murder, abuse of a corpse and multiple terrorism charges, in a bench trial before Judge Stephen Corr.
• On Monday, prosecutors played the full 14-minute YouTube video showing Mohn holding his father’s severed head while urging a network of militias to overthrow federal authorities.
• Tuesday’s session featured nearly two dozen letters Mohn wrote from jail in which he admitted planning the killing, expressed no remorse and sought political asylum.
• Denice Mohn testified that her son exhibited no prior violent behavior and that she was shocked to discover her husband’s headless body in their Levittown home.
• The case underscores challenges in applying terrorism statutes to homegrown extremism and hinges on questions of Mohn’s radicalization and mental competence with a verdict expected July 9.