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David Brom's Personal Actions

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In my opinion I believe that David Broms life and actions were shaped by his own personal actions. David Brom was born on October 3, 1971 in Cascade Township, Minnesota. His parents were Berenard and Paulette Brom. Bernard worked for IBM and was a minister at their local Catholic Church. Paulette was the director of the preschool for the Catholic Church. David had three siblings, Diane, Ricky, and Joe. Diane was born on April 10, 1974 and was in 8h grade at the time of the murder. Ricky was born July 25,1976 and was in 5h grade at the time of the murders. Joe was born June 24, 1969 and was out of the house at the time of the murders. David was 16 and a sophomore at Lourdes High School during the time of the murders. In the middle of the night …show more content…

When the trial began on April 5, 1989 the first thing on the agenda was whether he would be tried as a juvenile or an adult. This decision was very important because it would determine the amount of jail time if Brom was found guilty. If he was tried as a juvenile he would be set free by his 19th birthday, that would not be the same case though if tried as an adult. General Ring’s decision came on April 22nd, Brom was to be tried as a juvenile. This caused public outrage and Ring himself even started to receive threats. The decision was soon overturned by the State Supreme Court and Brom was to be charged as an adult. Next on the agenda was to see if David was the one who committed the murders. There was so much evidence and testimony against David that they basically had to concede to that phase of the trial. It took the jury just four hours to decide he was guilty of first degree …show more content…

This phase caused three different psychiatrists to come in and testify on Brom’s mental state. The testimonies would be held up against the M'Naghten Rule. The 140 year old standard which holds that a criminal defendant can’t be held responsible for a crime if he did not know the nature of his act or that it was morally wrong. There was a huge argument in this case over whether or not David Brom was mentally insane. Seven out of the eight health professionals who evaluated David found him to be mentally competent. Two of the three testified this way. The one remaining testified that David has been suffering from visual hallucinations and during these murders he was in the psychic episode. However, the judge and the prosecution were all very skeptical of this analysis. They decided he was mentally competent at the time of the

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