Bingo. IMO, the defense is pretty bad. They aren’t proving their point that Mitchell is crazy and didn’t know what he was doing. Mitchell’s mom couldn’t remember much, Mitchell’s father is cruel, and probably a little nuts. However, many people come from dysfunctional families and don’t kidnap and rape 14 year old girls for months on end.
Of course, now we’ll have endless appeals by the attorneys, paid by us (Mitchell has public attorneys.) Can’t win for losing, except that it is worth it if he is kept off the street forever.