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Jury Deliberates in Colorado Supermarket Shooting Trial

Ahmad Alissa's sanity is the central issue as jurors decide if he knew right from wrong during the 2021 Boulder massacre.

  • Ahmad Alissa, diagnosed with schizophrenia, faces 93 charges, including first-degree murder, for the 2021 King Soopers shooting.
  • The defense argues Alissa was legally insane, driven by psychotic delusions and hearing 'killing voices' at the time of the attack.
  • Prosecutors contend Alissa was sane, planning the attack meticulously and demonstrating awareness of his actions' wrongfulness.
  • Jurors have heard emotional testimonies from survivors and graphic evidence of the shooting, which killed 10 people.
  • State psychologists testified that, despite Alissa's mental illness, he was capable of distinguishing right from wrong during the shooting.
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