Castillo trial, day 14

UPDATE: District Attorney Jim Woodall ended his closing argument with a video clip of Alvaro Castillo, alone in his room, recorded in late May 2006 - between his suicide attempt and the murder of his father and shooting at Orange High School. Woodall and public defenders James Williams and Phoebe Dee argued once more about whether Castillo knew right from wrong or whether he suffered from a mental illness so severe he should not be held accountable for his actions.

In the final video clip, Castillo says, among other things, "I am not a psychopath ... I do feel sorry for what I am going to do."

Now it's in the jury's hands.

At the outset of this trial, jurors were told it would be a three-week process, including jury selection. As of today, we head into the end of the third week of testimony and arguments, with another week of jury selection, but there is an end in sight.

Earlier this afternoon, District Attorney Jim Woodall gave his final closing argument (he gets one, followed by the defense, followed by the state again). As Woodall just said, "Back where I'm from, back east, we call this 'being in the short rows.'" He meant that as a reference to how close we are to the end of the trial, I think. I grew up in Tennessee, so I might have misunderstood.

We'll have more when we learn it.