He has also logged 15 hours interviewing Uyesugi face to face. He was a sub-par employee. He was hostile to others and he alienated customers. Ultimately when he believed his shortcomings were catching up with him, he acted preemptively. After investigating two prior mass murder incidents and consulting on a variety of high-profile cases, including the Matthew Shepard killing in Laramie, Wyo.
Every case is different but the defendant has a right to a defense.
And there's an avalanche of evidence in Uyesugi's history that he knew right from wrong. Most people who suffer from schizophrenia are not violent, Welner pointed out. Welner has concluded that Uyesugi, despite his schizophrenia, was just a hostile person. You can say that 70 percent of the population is not completely stable. That doesn't excuse them.