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Students from Seattle Pacific University gather outside in a spontaneous prayer circle after a church service was full, following a shooting on the campus of the university Thursday, June 5, 2014.

SPU shooting: Why an insanity defense is so tough to use

University of Washington law professor Mary Fan
KUOW PHOTO/KATHERINE BANWELL
University of Washington law professor Mary Fan

The man accused in a deadly shooting 2014 attack at Seattle Pacific University has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.

On the opening day of the trial, University of Washington law professor Mary Fan told KUOW’s Kim Malcolm why it’s so hard to use that defense.