Earlier this week, a homeless man with mental illness received a 100-year prison sentence for the murder of an elderly man at Harrah's Joliet hotel in Illinois in 2019. The motive behind the crime seems to have been robbery, and the victim was possibly targeted randomly.
After an eight-day trial, the perpetrator was convicted of first-degree murder, and the jury acknowledged that he was suffering from mental illness. Despite his public defenders' efforts to prove his innocence by reason of insanity, citing his schizophrenia, the guilty verdict was upheld.
After an eight-day trial, the perpetrator was convicted of first-degree murder, and the jury acknowledged that he was suffering from mental illness. Despite his public defenders' efforts to prove his innocence by reason of insanity, citing his schizophrenia, the guilty verdict was upheld.