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Samson Berhe Found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity

By Danielle

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According to the Seattle Times, Samson Berhe, “the man who fatally shot Newport High School tennis coach Mike Robb in 2005 was found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity Monday and sent to a mental hospital indefinitely.”

Defense and prosecuting attorneys agreed to avoid a trial after three mental-health evaluators determined Berhe was insane when he shot Robb, said King County Senior Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Mary Barbosa. Berhe had been found competent to stand trial in December.

The acquittal means prosecutors cannot refile charges against Berhe even if he is released from Western State Hospital one day.

Robb’s family seems angry and of the belief that this is insufficient punishment for Berge. Perhaps they don’t understand that unless Berhe can somehow prove that he is no longer a danger, this amounts to a life sentence without hope of parole.

Full post as published by Mental Disability Law Blog on May 08, 2008 (boomark / email).

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