Prosecutors: Haq phone calls to parents fair game
SEATTLE (AP) - A recent Washington Supreme Court ruling that inmates' phone calls aren't private likely means jurors in the second trial of Naveed Haq will hear what he told his parents in phone calls from the King County Jail.
Haq stormed into a Seattle Jewish center in 2006 and shot six women - one fatally - as he ranted against Israel and the Iraq war.
King County prosecutors say the ruling has allowed them to access recordings of Haq's calls. Prosecutors say some of Haq's comments about being a martyr could help their case, while Haq's own lawyers say his remarks could help bolster their claim that he was insane.
On Tuesday, Superior Court Judge Paris Kallas decided to delay Haq's second trial from September until early next year after considering the time it will take lawyers to review the 500 to 600 recorded calls.
Jurors in Haq's first trial deadlocked in June on 14 of the 15 criminal counts, which included murder.
The 32-year-old man has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
Haq stormed into a Seattle Jewish center in 2006 and shot six women - one fatally - as he ranted against Israel and the Iraq war.
King County prosecutors say the ruling has allowed them to access recordings of Haq's calls. Prosecutors say some of Haq's comments about being a martyr could help their case, while Haq's own lawyers say his remarks could help bolster their claim that he was insane.
On Tuesday, Superior Court Judge Paris Kallas decided to delay Haq's second trial from September until early next year after considering the time it will take lawyers to review the 500 to 600 recorded calls.
Jurors in Haq's first trial deadlocked in June on 14 of the 15 criminal counts, which included murder.
The 32-year-old man has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.