Opinion ID: 770943
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Sassounian's Confession

Text: 21 The prosecution introduced the testimony of Jeffrey Busch, a jailhouse informant, that Sassounian confessed to the crime. Busch testified that as an inmate trusty, within the jail, he talked to Sassounian, who told Busch that he committed the crime. Busch testified that he was selling candy and cigarettes to other inmates when a man identified himself as Sassounian and asked for help with his case. According to Busch, Sassounian explained that he worked for the Justice Commandos for the Armenian Genocide, a terrorist organization, and that he and two partners killed Arikan in a political assassination to get revenge on what the Turkish people did to his people. Another inmate, Danny Gruytch, testified that he saw Busch and Sassounian talking but that when he heard that they were discussing a murder he decided he did not want to get involved.