A man who killed 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 has been found guilty of murder in the attack, failing in his attempt to be acquitted by reason of insanity. Ahmad Alissa was convicted by jurors on Monday, ensuring he will receive a life sentence in prison rather than psychiatric treatment in a state hospital.
Insanity defenses in the U.S. have historically faced challenges before juries, with high-profile cases like James Holmes, who killed 12 people in a movie theater in 2012, and John Hinckley Jr., who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981, failing to secure acquittals based on insanity claims.
