The First Big Trial of 2015

The killing of Chris Kyle ("The American Sniper" author) and his friend Chad Littleton by a disturbed vet they were trying to help has led to the first big criminal trial of the year.  The prosecutor has taken the death penalty out the case and the defense will be insanity. See this article on the case and on the fate or some other well-known defendants who pled insanity (e.g. Andrea Yates, Dena Schlosser, Alexander Ervin) are also treated.   The jury has now been selected and testimony is now undeway.  Given the publicity and movie success of "American Sniper" I questions whether this case should not have been delayed.