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"A jury who earlier convicted a Milwaukee man of killing his teenage neighbor Friday said he was sane at the time of the shooting.John Spooner, 76, was found guilty Wednesday of intentionally shooting and killing 13-year-old Darius Simmons. The trial then entered a second phase where the jury had to determine whether Spooner was in his right mind at the time of the killing.Thursday afternoon, a doctor found Spooner was competent to testify, at which time Spooner asked to take the stand in his own defense.Spooner said he killed the boy out of anger. He said he wanted to shoot the boy's older brother, but other people had gathered near him.\"I wouldn't call it revenge. I would call it justice,\" Spooner said defiantly, drawing audible gasps from the courtroom.Darius' mother, Patricia Larry, threw up her hands and muttered, \"Oh my God.\"A prosecutor asked if he felt bad about Darius Simmons. Spooner replied, \"Not that bad.\"The jury was handed the sanity case at 11:30 a.m. Friday. At 11:45 a.m., the judge was notified that the jury had reached a unanimous decision that the crime was not caused by mental disease or defect.\"Justice was served,\" said Patricia Larry, Simmons' mother.\u00A0 I'd like to thank the community, families and friends.\"\"We saw just how cold blooded and how calculating he was,\" said Pastor Steve Jerbi who was attending to show support for Simmons' family. \"He (Spooner) thought he knew what justice was but we had no doubt that true justice would be served.\"Spooner faces life in prison for the May 2012 shooting.\u00A0 He will be back in court for sentencing Tuesday afternoon."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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