DATE= 11/10/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-222458 TITLE=KASI GUILTY (L) BYLINE=JIM MALONE DATELINE=WASHINGTON CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: A JURY IN VIRGINIA HAS FOUND MIR AMAL KASI GUILTY OF KILLING TWO PEOPLE AND WOUNDING THREE OTHERS OUTSIDE C-I-A HEADQUARTERS IN LANGLEY, VIRGINIA, FOUR YEARS AGO. AS V-O-A CORRESPONDENT JIM MALONE REPORTS, THE JURY MUST NOW DECIDE WHETHER CONVICTED MURDERER KASI SHOULD BE PUT TO DEATH. TEXT: AFTER FOUR HOURS OF DELIBERATION, THE JURY IN FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA, OUTSIDE WASHINGTON, FOUND MIR AMAL KASI GUILTY ON ALL 10 COUNTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHOOTING SPREE OUTSIDE C-I-A HEADQUARTERS IN JANUARY 1993. KASI WAS FOUND GUILTY ON ONE COUNT OF CAPITAL MURDER, ONE COUNT OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AND THREE COUNTS OF MALICIOUS WOUNDING IN AN ATTACK THAT KILLED TWO C-I-A EMPLOYEES AND WOUNDED THREE OTHER PEOPLE. DEFENSE ATTORNEYS RESTED THEIR CASE MONDAY WITHOUT CALLING A SINGLE WITNESS. THE JURY WILL NOW BEGIN THE PENALTY PHASE OF THE TRIAL AND WILL CONSIDER WHETHER KASI SHOULD BE PUT TO DEATH FOR HIS CONVICTION ON THE CAPITAL MURDER CHARGE. KASI'S ATTORNEYS SAY THEIR CLIENT IS SUFFERING FROM BRAIN DAMAGE AND THEY MAY USE THAT ARGUMENT AS PART OF AN INSANITY DEFENSE IN ORDER TO SAVE HIM FROM EXECUTION. KASI FLED TO HIS NATIVE PAKISTAN SHORTLY AFTER THE 1993 ATTACK IN WHICH HE WALKED BETWEEN A ROW OF CARS WAITING FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT OUTSIDE C-I-A HEADQUARTERS AND FIRED ROUND-AFTER-ROUND FROM AN A-K-47 ASSAULT RIFLE. KASI WAS ARRESTED BY F-B-I AGENTS IN PAKISTAN THIS PAST JUNE. ON HIS WAY BACK TO THE UNITED STATES, HE ALLEGEDLY CONFESSED TO THE SHOOTINGS, A STATEMENT HIS DEFENSE TEAM CHALLENGED IN COURT. PROSECUTORS SAY HE CARRIED OUT THE ATTACK TO PROTEST U-S POLICES AGAINST MUSLIMS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, INCLUDING THE BOMBING OF IRAQ DURING THE GULF WAR. (SIGNED) NEB/JBM/RRM 10-Nov-97 5:29 PM EST (2229 UTC) NNNN Source: Voice of America
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