Toronto Van Attack Trial

• Toronto van attack trial, verdict gave glimpse into new reality of virtual court cases

  For some, the highly anticipated ruling in the murder trial of Alek Minassian provided a first glimpse of the criminal court process under the constraints of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  Mar 5, 2021
  
• Families nervous ahead of Wednesday’s verdict in Toronto van attack trial

  "I've been anxious for months, much more so than I thought I'd be."

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  Mar 2, 2021
  
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• Man charged in Toronto van attack to learn verdict on Wednesday, ruling will be streamed on YouTube

  Alek Minassian's trial was conducted over Zoom due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  Mar 1, 2021
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• Autism did not cause Alek Minassian to kill 10 people in Toronto van attack, Crown says

  Justice Anne Molloy will give her verdict on March 3.

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  Dec 18, 2020
• Alek Minassian incapable of rational choice at time of Toronto van attack, defence argues

  The defence lawyer for the man who killed 10 people by deliberately driving a van down a crowded Toronto sidewalk argues his client was incapable of rational choice.

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  Dec 17, 2020
• ‘His goal was to be remembered forever:’ Psychiatrist says of Alek Minassian

  Testifying for the prosecution, Dr. Scott Woodside, a forensic psychiatrist at Toronto's CAMH, said Minassian told him he thought he would fail at his upcoming job.

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  Dec 10, 2020
• Alek Minassian wanted to kill 100 people, but ‘satisfied’ with 10 deaths, court hears

  Dr. Percy Wright says Alek Minassian told him more than a year after the 2018 attack that he was satisfied with his "kill count" but had wanted to take more lives.

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  Dec 9, 2020
• Alek Minassian understands others’ thoughts and feelings, psychologist testifies

  Dr. Percy Wright has painted a starkly different picture of Alek Minassian than an American psychiatrist who testified for the defence.

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  Dec 8, 2020
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• Alek Minassian would tell his victims he was lonely and angry at society, court told

  "I'd probably say I was feeling very isolated and bitter at society and I decided to take out my anger on random people."

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  Dec 7, 2020
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• Alek Minassian told psychiatrist ‘I know what I did was morally wrong,’ court hears

  "I know what I did was morally wrong," Alek Minassian told Dr. Alexander Westphal, a U.S. based psychiatrist retained by the defence.

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  Dec 4, 2020