The trial may have ended, but the impact of Mark’s actions continued to144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnqVQ7v94N3
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system. Mark’s defense had pushed the limits of what could be argued in court, and144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7qbM9MLpTj
the case had raised many questions about the role of mental illness in criminal144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9OdNb2v8SC
behavior. In response to this case and others like it, many states began to revise144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9PDjftsRBr
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the survivors and family members of the victims became activists, using their144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuRnROYOGn7
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like domestic violence and mental health. For the wider community, the case had144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpk2hoX8gBa
been a wake-up call, a reminder that violence and evil can exist in even the most144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDaalkunN4L
seemingly idyllic places. People be- gan to pay closer attention to their neighbors and144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7LkuRCxSg1
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of the case, however, was the effect it had on Mark himself. Despite the144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEgHPVZdoan
guilty verdict, he continued to maintain his innocence, and many people were left144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGdSRFlz3uX
wondering whether he was truly evil or just sick. Some saw him as a monster, a symbol of144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjtPFUt77ud
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biology and upbringing. For Mark, the verdict marked the end of one chapter and the144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsPhFfKi3g1
beginning of another. He would spend the rest of his life in prison, cut off from the144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTEivlBLvmk
out-side world and from the people he had hurt. But he would also spend that time144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvPb6bKhFkb
trying to understand himself and to come to terms with the choices he had made. In144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaXqtfH4MFi
the end, the case of Mark and Rachel left behind a complex legacy, one that would144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGiiunD0kF
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