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JUSTICE1st · Joined: 13 Dec 2007 Posts: 715 Location: USA

Just like the Terence Hough case in OH, this newest shooting in Knoxville, TN won't have any mystery to it. Everyone knows who the shooter is, and I don't think this killer Adkisson will be able to claim any kind of "I just snapped" defense.

I'm going to copy part of the story, the entire story is just too long.

Man Shot Churchgoers Over Liberal Views
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080728/ap_on_re_us/church_shooting

By DUNCAN MANSFIELD, Associated Press Writer
Mon Jul 28, 7:41 PM ET

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - An out-of-work truck driver accused of opening fire at a Unitarian church, killing two people, left behind a note suggesting that he targeted the congregation out of hatred for its liberal policies, including its acceptance of gays, authorities said Monday.

A four-page letter found in Jim D. Adkisson's small SUV indicated he intentionally targeted the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church because, the police chief said, "he hated the liberal movement" and was upset with "liberals in general as well as gays."

Adkisson, a 58-year-old truck driver on the verge of losing his food stamps, had 76 rounds with him when he entered the church and pulled a shotgun from a guitar case during a children's performance of the musical "Annie."

Adkisson's ex-wife once belonged to the church but hadn't attended in years, said Ted Jones, the congregation's president. Police investigators described Adkisson as a "stranger" to the congregation, and police spokesman Darrell DeBusk declined to comment on whether investigators think the ex-wife's link was a factor in the attack.

Adkisson remained jailed Monday on $1 million bond after being charged with one count of murder. More charges are expected. Four victims were hospitalized in critical condition.

The attack Sunday morning lasted only minutes. But the anger behind it may have been building for months, if not years.

"It appears that what brought him to this horrible event was his lack of being able to obtain a job, his frustration over that, and his stated hatred for the liberal movement," Police Chief Sterling Owen said.

Adkisson was a loner who hates "blacks, gays and anyone different from him," longtime acquaintance Carol Smallwood of Alice, Texas, told the Knoxville News Sentinel.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080728/ap_on_re_us/church_shooting

I have a strong feeling this case may not even go to trial, but I could be wrong on that one. I don't know if Tennessee is a death penalty state, but if it is, this guy may very well get it.

J Cool

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