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Toronto Van Killer Guilty Of Murder : NPR

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Survivors of the 2018 van attack in Toronto were joined by friends and families of the victims outside the courthouse in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The 28-year-old man responsible for the attack was found guilty Wednesday morning.
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Twenty-eight-year old Alek Minassian was found guilty on 26 charges that include murder and attempted murder Wednesday for purposefully driving a van through a crowd in Toronto nearly three years ago.
On April 23, 2018, the man drove a white rental van onto a crowded sidewalk and plowed into pedestrians, killing 10 people and wounding another 15. Defense attorney Boris Bytensky argued his client's autism disorder rendered him incapable of developing empathy and therefore unaware of the consequences of his actions, the CBC reported. Justice Anne Molloy immediately dismissed that as a defense. She found Minassian guilty of 10 counts of first-degree murder and 16 counts of attempted murder. Lack of empathy, she said, was not a defense.

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'No Remorse': Toronto's Van Attack Killer Found Guilty Of 1st Degree Murder

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Originally published on March 3, 2021 6:18 pm
Twenty-eight-year old Alek Minassian was found guilty on 26 charges that include murder and attempted murder Wednesday for purposefully driving a van through a crowd in Toronto nearly three years ago.
On April 23, 2018, the man drove a white rental van onto a crowded sidewalk and plowed into pedestrians, killing 10 people and wounding another 15. Defense attorney Boris Bytensky argued his client's autism disorder rendered him incapable of developing empathy and therefore unaware of the consequences of his actions, the Canadian Broadcast Corporation reported. Justice Anne Molloy immediately dismissed that as a defense. She found Minassian guilty of 10 counts of first-degree murder and 16 counts of attempted murder. Lack of empathy, she said, was not a defense.

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'No Remorse': Toronto's Van Attack Killer Found Guilty Of 1st Degree Murder

'No Remorse': Toronto's Van Attack Killer Found Guilty Of 1st Degree Murder
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'No Remorse': Toronto's Van Attack Killer Found Guilty Of 1st Degree Murder

'No Remorse': Toronto's Van Attack Killer Found Guilty Of 1st Degree Murder
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'No Remorse': Toronto's Van Attack Killer Found Guilty Of 1st Degree Murder

'No Remorse': Toronto's Van Attack Killer Found Guilty Of 1st Degree Murder
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'No Remorse': Toronto's Van Attack Killer Found Guilty Of 1st Degree Murder

'No Remorse': Toronto's Van Attack Killer Found Guilty Of 1st Degree Murder
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'No Remorse': Toronto's Van Attack Killer Found Guilty Of 1st Degree Murder

'No Remorse': Toronto's Van Attack Killer Found Guilty Of 1st Degree Murder
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'No Remorse': Toronto's Van Attack Killer Found Guilty Of 1st Degree Murder

'No Remorse': Toronto's Van Attack Killer Found Guilty Of 1st Degree Murder
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'No Remorse': Toronto's Van Attack Killer Found Guilty Of 1st Degree Murder

'No Remorse': Toronto's Van Attack Killer Found Guilty Of 1st Degree Murder
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'No Remorse': Toronto's Van Attack Killer Found Guilty Of 1st Degree Murder

'No Remorse': Toronto's Van Attack Killer Found Guilty Of 1st Degree Murder
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