Braunstein Trial Update: 'Close My Account Because I Have About Eight Weeks To Live'

The NYT reports on the items Peter Braunstein bought off eBay and why he wanted to close his account:

Testimony presented yesterday as a window into Mr. Braunstein’s dark state of mind, if not soul, revealed how, starting in January 2005, he reportedly bought those items [including a gun, chloroform and a military-style mask] through eBay and CheaperThanDirt.com, a Texas company that one of its executives testified was “for the shooting enthusiast.”

The defense, though, suggested it was part of his deteriorating mental health:

Celia Gordon, a lawyer for Mr.

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