Erin Moriarty
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But still, Dr. Marikangas felt that Daniel had been truthful to him in his interview.
That's Dr. Soulier again, and he wasn't convinced that medications could cause legal insanity.
And as prosecutor Amanda Zambor pointed out, Daniel was having those violent feelings much earlier.
After four weeks of testimony, it would be up to the jury to decide, was Daniel Marsh guilty?
And if so, did he know what he was doing when he committed the murders?
There was a lot at stake here for Daniel and the community, because one verdict would put Daniel behind bars for the foreseeable future.
The other meant Daniel would go to a psychiatric hospital for treatment.
Prosecutor Amanda Zambor felt she had made the best case she could to the jury.
Were you worried one woman might feel sympathy for this young guy?
But nearly two hours after closing arguments, the jury reentered the courtroom.
Unanimously, the jury had found Daniel Marsh guilty on two counts of first-degree murder, along with additional, quote, enhancements that increased the severity of the punishment he would face due to the depraved nature of the crime.
Cheryl Gleason sat on the jury of eight women and four men.
She explained to me why she believed Daniel Marsh was guilty.
Hearing weeks of gruesome testimony left some jurors traumatized.
However, finding Daniel guilty was not actually the end of the trial.
The jury still had to make another decision.
Was Daniel insane at the time of the murders?
While she had been confident that the jurors would find Daniel guilty of murder, prosecutor Amanda Zambor wasn't as confident about the issue of insanity.