Elias Abuelazam: Attempted Murder

Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton Dept: Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton said the decision was practical: Elias Abuelazam already is serving a life sentence without parole, and additional trials would cost "hundreds of thousands of dollars.", according to Montreal Gazette. Two more murder cases and six attempted murder cases in Michigan had been pending but are now suspended and fLINT, Mich. - An Israel immigrant charged in a series of fatal stabbings in the U.S. in 2010 will face no additional trials unless his first murder conviction is overturned, a prosecutor said Friday, citing the high cost of bringing each case to court. Abuelazam was convicted earlier this year of fatally stabbing a man after tricking the man into believing he needed help with his car. Abuelazam said he was a paranoid schizophrenic under the spell of demons when he attacked. But experts testifying for prosecutors said they found no mental illness. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.