White supremacist takes stand in Jewish site shootings
The man accused of killing three people at Jewish-related places in Overland Park told the jury in his trial Friday, not only that he did it, but also that his heart was in it.
Ryan warned Miller that he would not be allowed to present evidence about his motives for the shootings.
Miller presented his defense, citing Biblical references to those of the Jewish religion destroying the “white race”.
Seventy-four-year-old Miller, who could be sentenced to death if he is convicted, also told jurors the prosecutor had a “slam dunk” and he knew they would put him on death row.
Ryan said he would rule on the request after speaking with Miller behind closed doors.
Out to kill Jews, the three victims – William Corporon, 69, his grandson Reat Underwood, 14, and Terri LaManno, 53 – were Christians.
He said he needed extra time to recuperate because of his health and to give him more time to prepare his defense.
“Since the state must prove I had a criminal intent, and since I deny that I had a criminal intent, then simple fairness, logic and equality under the law demands I be given equal opportunity to make my case”, Cross said. In the clips, Cross says he’s known all along he wanted to kill people. He’s scheduled to present his defence on Friday.
The Vietnam veteran said initially he was unsure whether he would have the courage to carry out the attacks, but afterwards felt a sense of victory that dwarfed even the feeling of jumping out of airplanes when he was in the Army.
‘I’ve been proud of myself for 15 months, ‘ he said. Closing arguments will begin on Monday.
He detailed Friday afternoon how he went to the two sites and shot the people because he thought they were Jews.
Cross told jurors he made the call. Frazier Glenn Miller Jr, 74, of Aurora, Missouri, added that regretted that he did not kill more people.