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Jury rejected that 27-year-old Routh was mentally ill at time of killings
The Associated Press Posted: Feb 24, 2015 10:34 PM ET Last Updated: Feb 24, 2015 10:41 PM ET
A former Marine has been convicted in the deaths of American Sniper author Chris Kyle and Kyle's friend at a shooting range.
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Jurors returned the verdict Tuesday against Eddie Ray Routh, whose attorneys had mounted an insanity defense and said he suffered from psychosis. Since prosecutors didn't seek the death penalty in the capital murder case, the 27-year-old receives an automatic life sentence without parole in the deaths of the famed Navy SEAL and Chad Littlefield.
The men had taken Routh out shooting in February 2013 after Routh's mother asked Kyle to help him. Family members say Routh suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder after serving in Iraq and in Haiti.
The case drew intense interest, largely because of the blockbuster film based on Kyle's memoir about his four Iraq tours.
In this April 6, 2012 file photo, Chris Kyle, a former Navy SEAL and author of the book American Sniper, poses in Midlothian, Texas. Kyle and his friend Chad Littlefield were fatally shot at a shooting range southwest of Fort Worth on Feb. 2, 2013. (Paul Moseley/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/The Associated Press)
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