Judge: Haq phone calls to parents fair game
KING COUNTY, Wash. -- A judge's ruling has mounted more evidence against the man accused in a deadly shooting rampage at the Jewish Federation in 2006.
On Thursday a King County judge upheld an earlier ruling, allowing jailhouse phone calls to made by Haq to his parents as evidence. The state Supreme Court recently ruled that inmates' phone calls aren't private likely.
Haq stormed into the Jewish center in 2006 and shot six women, killing one of them, as he ranted against Israel and the Iraq war.
Prosecutors said the Supreme Court ruling has allowed them to access recordings of Haq's calls. They said 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.
Jurors in Haq's first trial deadlocked last June on 14 of the 15 criminal counts, which included murder.
Haq has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. His second trial is scheduled to begin in September.
For KOMO's previous coverage of the Jewish Federation shooting, click here.
On Thursday a King County judge upheld an earlier ruling, allowing jailhouse phone calls to made by Haq to his parents as evidence. The state Supreme Court recently ruled that inmates' phone calls aren't private likely.
Haq stormed into the Jewish center in 2006 and shot six women, killing one of them, as he ranted against Israel and the Iraq war.
Prosecutors said the Supreme Court ruling has allowed them to access recordings of Haq's calls. They said 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.
Jurors in Haq's first trial deadlocked last June on 14 of the 15 criminal counts, which included murder.
Haq has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. His second trial is scheduled to begin in September.
For KOMO's previous coverage of the Jewish Federation shooting, click here.