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A father murdered his five children in their own home, then hauled their bodies around in trash bags for days. Defense attorneys blamed schizophrenia and psychosis. Prosecutors showed the killings followed heavy use of synthetic drugs and a deliberate attempt to hide what he had done.The jury needed only two hours. They rejected the insanity claim and handed down a death sentence. Five young lives were taken with brutal calculation, and the court treated the crime as exactly that.Mental illness exists, but it does not erase moral responsibility for slaughtering children. Some acts reveal raw evil. Justice requires that those who destroy the most defenseless among us face the full weight of the law.