
Bryon Houlgrave
Mark Becker glances at his public defender, Susan Flander, as the prosecution makes its closing statements in Becker's trial on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010, in Allison, Iowa. Attorneys presented their closing arguments to jurors Wednesday morning in the first-degree murder trial of Becker, 24, who is accused of fatally shooting Aplington-Parkersburg coach Ed Thomas on June 24, 2009. Becker has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. The 12-person jury began deliberating the case early Wednesday afternoon. (AP Photo/Bryon Houlgrave, Pool)