The trial may have ended, but the impact of Mark’s actions continued to248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHElyXPJ7HX
reverberate throughout the community for years to come. The media coverage had been248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZmu62QA5um
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of the most significant legacies of the case was the impact it had on the legal248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrGTuoK6eXJ
system. Mark’s defense had pushed the limits of what could be argued in court, and248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVLCK2HAOPS
the case had raised many questions about the role of mental illness in criminal248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmCogSD6w83
behavior. In response to this case and others like it, many states began to revise248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡopx4Iuullc
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victims. While the trial had provided some measure of closure, it had also re-opened248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOqAk5FRbE8
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experiences to push for changes in the legal system and to raise awareness about issues248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9U2tW1Fv23
like domestic violence and mental health. For the wider community, the case had248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuIujVJx08G
been a wake-up call, a reminder that violence and evil can exist in even the most248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx0K8ITpxIM
seemingly idyllic places. People be- gan to pay closer attention to their neighbors and248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZnT8EyNSM
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of the case, however, was the effect it had on Mark himself. Despite the248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6f0e2gQQJ1
guilty verdict, he continued to maintain his innocence, and many people were left248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFvPD7WJuXj
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biology and upbringing. For Mark, the verdict marked the end of one chapter and the248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgxOLOW7VOA
beginning of another. He would spend the rest of his life in prison, cut off from the248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhazRK7wpES
out-side world and from the people he had hurt. But he would also spend that time248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVBqAMu2cY
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the end, the case of Mark and Rachel left behind a complex legacy, one that would248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ73BzjAkwa1
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