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Eddie Ray Routh has been found guilty in the American Sniper murder trial of Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield. He has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. (NBC News) ��� The trial of Eddie Ray��.
Chris Kyle Trial: Vets Fear Insanity Defense Will Grow PTSD.
The trial of the man accused of killing Chris Kyle opens this week with a legal question wrapped in Hollywood irony. Will post-traumatic stress syndrome become the legal defense for murdering the American Sniper ��� a man��.
Lawyers begin insanity defense in Sniper trial
STEPHENVILLE, Texas ��� Lawyers for accused American Sniper killer Eddie Ray Routh have begun trying to build a successful insanity defense for their client. The state rested its capital murder case Tuesday after playing more recordings of Routh.
American Sniper Trial: Closing Arguments Near in Eddie Ray Routh Case
The murder case against Eddie Ray Routh, the former Marine who shot and killed American Sniper Chris Kyle and another man two years ago, will go to a Texas jury soon. Closing arguments were expected as early as Tuesday. Court was called off Monday .
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Routh, 27, goes on trial in a little court house in north Texas this week, where his lawyers will argue he cannot be found guilty because he is insane. But Americas system of veterans care, which appears to have failed to stop Routh from turning to.
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American Sniper Trial: Jury to Hear Closing Statements on Chris Kyles Killing
As Bradley Cooper and Clint Eastwood hit the red carpet for American Sniper on Sunday, the murder trial exploring the dark real-life conclusion to the story was nearing its end. Jurors in Stephenville are expected to hear closing arguments Tuesday in.
Chris Kyle Trial: Vets Fear Insanity Defense Will Grow PTSD Stigma
Will post-traumatic stress syndrome become the legal defense for murdering the American Sniper ��� a man who helped other veterans battle the same affliction?. Its such a big case that its going to make us look like were crazy, and were not.
American Sniper Murder Trial Reveals the Chilling Text.
Image credit: Twitter. The trial of Eddie Ray Routh, the man who killed U.S. Navy SEAL and American Sniper Chris Kyle, along with his friend Chad Littlefield, officially began today. In its opening statement, the prosecution made the case that��.
American Sniper killer found guilty in murders
STEPHENVILLE, Texas ��� Eddie Ray Routh, the former Marine and Iraq War vet struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder, was found guilty of capital murder Tuesday night in the shooting deaths of American Sniper Chris Kyle and his friend Chad.
American Sniper Chris Kyles Alleged Killer on Trial Next Week
Copy. Today marks Chris Kyle Day in Texas as Gov.. Details about the thorough jury selection process have been revealed just days ahead of the alleged killers murder trial. The two-step jury process selection begins on Thursday where the possible.
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���American Sniper��� trial: Jury convicts Eddie Ray Routh.
(CNN) ��� A jury has found Eddie Ray Routh guilty of capital murder in the deaths of two men, including Chris Kyle, the author of the bestselling book ���American Sniper.��� He was immediately sentenced to life in prison without��.
American Sniper Trial: Can Big Night at Oscars Sway Jurors?
As the stars gather today for the Academy Awards, some question whether an Oscar win for American Sniper will impact jurors in the murder trial of Chris Kyles accused killer, Eddie Ray Routh. After each day of the murder trial in Stephenville, Texas.
Oscars 2015: Tears and cheers lead the way at the Academy Awards
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Expert testifies American Sniper killer faked paranoia.
Crime Blog. Expert testifies American Sniper killer faked paranoia, schizophrenia to avoid jail time. Routh, 27, is charged with capital murder in the shooting deaths of former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield. The men took him to Rough.. ���Today��� show. Some Democrats and doctors criticized Frists March 17 Senate speech in which he said he was commenting on Schiavos highly publicized case ���more as a physician than as a United States senator.���.
American Sniper killer found guilty in murders ��� USA TODAY
American Sniper killer found guilty in murders. USA TODAY STEPHENVILLE, Tex. ��� Eddie Ray Routh, the former Marine and Iraq War vet struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder, was found guilty of capital murder��.
This Marine is on trial for allegedly killing real-life American.
Navy SEAL Chris Kyle is considered the deadliest sniper in US military history.. Routh, indicted on one count of capital murder (since the two killings happened at the same time), has pleaded not guilty by way of insanity.
American Sniper and Aurora trials: insanity defense a tough standard to meet.
A few hundred miles north, in Aurora, Colo., a jury is being assembled to hear whether James Holmes, a former doctoral student, should be found not guilty by reason of insanity for killing 12 people at a midnight showing of ���Batman: The Dark Knight.
American Sniper - Crime Blog - The Dallas Morning News
Eddie Ray Routh, 27, is charged with capital murder in the shooting deaths of Kyle and his friend, Chad Littlefield, who took him to Rough Creek Lodge and Resort in hopes of helping him with post-traumatic stress disorder. Routh, a former. But if found not guilty by reason of insanity, he could face up to life in a state mental hospital. Prosecutors will call.. It doesnt excuse killing people, but it does help us understand what sort of punishment would be appropriate.
Expert Testifies American Sniper Kyle Never Saw This Coming
Expert Testifies American Sniper Kyle Never Saw This Coming. More. A crime scene analyst claims Chris Kyle was not facing Eddie Ray Routh when Kyle was shot and killed in 2013. 2:21 | 02/24/15 .
What a Witness Said in Court During the American Sniper.
FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Follow @ijreview. What a Witness Said in Court During the American Sniper Murder Trial May Lead to a Guilty Verdict. By Frank Camp (1 week ago) | Headlines,. According to Fox, Rouths defense attorney argued that Rouths alleged PTSD, and the fact that he was taking anti-psychotic medication���which was found while searching Rouths home���makes Routh eligible to be found not guilty by reason of insanity. Correspondent Will Carr spoke��.
At American Sniper murder trial, a psychosis defense
STEPHENVILLE, Texas ��� Driving to a shooting range with his would-be assassin in the back seat of his pickup, American Sniper Chris Kyle sent a text message to friend Chad Littlefield, sitting next to him in the front seat. This dude is straight-up.
American Sniper Murder: Town Believes Fair Trial Possible.
American Sniper Murder: Town Believes Fair Trial Possible. Play video. Many here learned about Kyle after he served four tours in Iraq, when his autobiography, American Sniper, was published in January of 2012. The next month. advertisement. Rouths defense attorneys plan to argue he is not guilty by reason of insanity. They tried unsuccessfully to move and delay the trial, arguing that Kyle is too popular in Erath County for an impartial jury to be found.
Texas Jury Seated in American Sniper Murder Trial - NBC.
In Texas, a defendant can be found not guilty by reason of insanity if the jury determines that he or she did not know the difference between right and wrong when the crime was committed. I guess with all the publicity and��.
Defendant proposed night before Sniper murders
She found him normal while on medication, but then crying and sad. By the night of Feb. 1, the night before the murders, she said Routh was smoking pot, and seeing and hearing things. He said they were listening to us, so he got out a yellow legal pad.
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American Sniper - Crime Blog - The Dallas Morning News
STEPHENVILLE ��� The mother of a Lancaster man accused of killing former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle and his friend in 2013 said her son was often paranoid after he served in Iraq for the U.S. Marines. Jodi Routh testified Tuesday during the capital murder trial of 27-year-old Eddie Ray Routh. Jodi Routh said she asked Kyle to help her son, who. If found not guilty by reason of insanity, he would face up to life in a state mental hospital. A forensic scientist with the Texas��.
American Sniper - Crime Blog - The Dallas Morning News
Testimony began Wednesday morning in the capital murder trial of 27-year-old Eddie Ray Routh who is accused of gunning down Kyle, 38, and Kyles friend, 35-year-old Chad Littlefield at an Erath County gun range in 2013. Routh faces an automatic life sentence if hes found guilty. His defense attorneys say he is innocent by reason of. Kyle served four tours in Iraq and is known to be the deadliest sniper in U.S. history. More than a dozen potential jurors were��.
���I had to kill men today:��� Suspects confession played during.
STEPHENVILLE, Texas (CNN) ��� The man accused of killing Chris Kyle, subject of the hit film ���American Sniper,��� and Kyles friend said he didnt have a choice. Eddie Routh. ���I had to kill men today. It wasnt a want to, it was a need. I had to, to get out of that. Rouths trial comes just weeks after the release of the film about Kyle, a former Navy SEAL who claimed to be the deadliest sniper in U.S. history with 160 confirmed kills in Iraq. ���American Sniper,��� directed by Clint��.
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BREAKING: Murderer of American Sniper Chris Kyle Found.
Home �� About �� Writers �� Contact Us. Breaking tonight: The murderer of Chris Kyle, the subject of the hit movie American Sniper, has been found guilty. Eddie Ray Routh has been found guilty of the 2013 murder of the famed Navy SESL.. because he was high, and that he was angry about living with his parents, relationship problems, money and his job ��� then finally exploded when Kyle and Littlefield snubbed him. This is a good outcome, certainly. Trending Today.