Ex-Marine Eddie Ray Routh has been found guilty of killing former Navy SEAL/bestselling author Chris Kyle and his friend Chad Littlefield. Routh has been sentenced to life in prison.
Routh’s attorneys had tried to convince the jury that he was not guilty due to insanity. The New York Times has the scoop:
The judge announced the decision in a courtroom just three miles from a movie theater that had been playing “American Sniper” since Mr. Routh’s trial began on Feb. 11. The movie and the trial made for a strange intersection of pop culture and criminal law. The verdict came two days after the movie lost the Academy Award for Best Picture to “Birdman,” and Mr. Kyle’s widow, Taya Kyle, attended the Oscars ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday, then the closing arguments here on Tuesday.