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reverberate throughout the community for years to come. The media coverage had been297Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFOyNPbNhZu
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of the most significant legacies of the case was the impact it had on the legal297Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7xIpClccQo
system. Mark’s defense had pushed the limits of what could be argued in court, and297Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV2NxFzYsAZ
the case had raised many questions about the role of mental illness in criminal297Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWECdHBZEt1
behavior. In response to this case and others like it, many states began to revise297Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZCAfIW8ogj
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of ”guilty but mentally ill.” The case also sparked de- bates about the use of297Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnkkkiigBRS
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victims. While the trial had provided some measure of closure, it had also re-opened297Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2HUBlBhYwj
old wounds and forced people to confront their loss in a very public way. Many of297Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5O351ELPxv
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like domestic violence and mental health. For the wider community, the case had297Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL3KPi9aouD
been a wake-up call, a reminder that violence and evil can exist in even the most297Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIvx2frz5yu
seemingly idyllic places. People be- gan to pay closer attention to their neighbors and297Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR1fzHhVOhU
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of the case, however, was the effect it had on Mark himself. Despite the297Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZJVfkNpPXd
guilty verdict, he continued to maintain his innocence, and many people were left297Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQnIiG7ZqfU
wondering whether he was truly evil or just sick. Some saw him as a monster, a symbol of297Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcTX9zRzxt7
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biology and upbringing. For Mark, the verdict marked the end of one chapter and the297Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgxRfnXB7qV
beginning of another. He would spend the rest of his life in prison, cut off from the297Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs7qK6FfUcO
out-side world and from the people he had hurt. But he would also spend that time297Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3qQIzWNyJC
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the end, the case of Mark and Rachel left behind a complex legacy, one that would297Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAzJwG3pdQV
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dividual pathology but also of social structures and historical forces and that the297Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡORtrGAoXYO
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