The case returns to court May 31. Although the reason for the adjournment was not put on the record, Alek Minassian’s...
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Read Full ArticleMinassian is seeking to be found not criminally responsible for the first-degree murder of 10 people and the attempte...
Read Full ArticleMinassian’s autism spectrum disorder has left him unable to “understand fully why it is morally wrong to kill people,...
Read Full ArticleThis trial pivots on whether Minassian understood the legal and moral ramifications of what he did to determine if he...
Read Full ArticleMinassian told police he wanted an “incel rebellion” but denied that to a psychiatrist — some of the time — only to t...
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