[AnAmericanMother]

That's why he took the guns.

THAT is premeditation, right there. Completely inconsistent with the idea that he "just snapped."

He had to PLAN to take those guns and take them in the house with him. HE anticipated a confrontation and a violent outcome.

This is a death penalty case.

I've been in the business for almost 30 years, I've heard a lot of claims that somebody 'just snapped' but never seen it proved in court. Talk is cheap, when you get people under oath the facts come out, and usually the person who supposedly 'just snapped' has actually 'just escalated'. They usually haven't killed somebody before (although believe it or not there are exceptions to that!) but you can almost always discern a pattern of increasingly violent behavior. Baby steps are far more common than one big step, especially to a double murder.

[CindyDawg]

You could be right but I was reading (wish I hadn't) her posts. I'll be honest. At first I thought maybe "baby" when she kept talking about a plan. Maybe as you say it was premeditated but it could also have started out as him planning on making them release her and intending to run away together.

[spectre]

Agree it was premeditated. So you don't think it's possible he "snapped" before he went over to the house? You think he was cool, calm and collected? OK....

I never said he shouldn't get the death penalty. AND if he went berserk once, he is capable of doing it again. This was his first time.

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