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Defense attorney: Man accused of killing 8 'just snapped'

| February 16, 2020 12:05 AM

MAGNOLIA, Miss. (AP) — A man accused of killing eight people in Mississippi was fearful of the breakup of his family and “just snapped,” an attorney for the defendant argued Saturday during the first day of his death penalty trial.

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