DU PONT CONVICTED OF MURDER.Byline: Maria Panaritis Associated Press Jurors convicted multimillionaire mul·ti·mil·lion·aire n. One whose financial assets are worth several million dollars. multimillionaire Noun a person who has money or property worth several million pounds, dollars, etc. John E. du Pont of third-degree murder Tuesday, rejecting his insanity defense A defense asserted by an accused in a criminal prosecution to avoid liability for the commission of a crime because, at the time of the crime, the person did not appreciate the nature or quality or wrongfulness of the acts. The insanity defense is used by criminal defendants. but deciding he was mentally ill when he killed world-class wrestler David Schultz. Du Pont was found guilty but mentally ill in the Jan. 26, 1996, shooting of David Schultz. The verdict means the chemical fortune heir likely will spend time in a mental hospital, and go to prison only if he is deemed cured. Third-degree murder, or murder without premeditation premeditation n. planning, plotting or deliberating before doing something. Premeditation is an element in first degree murder and shows intent to commit that crime. (See: malice aforethought, murder, first degree murder) PREMEDITATION. , carries a maximum penalty of 20 to 40 years in prison, but du Pont could be free on parole after as little as five years. He also faces a $50,000 fine when sentenced April 22. Du Pont, appearing in court with long, greasy, gray hair and a scraggly scrag·gly adj. scrag·gli·er, scrag·gli·est Ragged; unkempt. Adj. 1. scraggly - lacking neatness or order; "the old man's scraggly beard"; "a scraggly little path to the door" beard, stared dispassionately ahead when the verdict was read. |
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