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“At no point have we ever justified the killings here,” lawyer John Kaspar said.
But Kaspar said Kirby’s life should be spared in recognition of the poverty, family dysfunction, mental health problems and drug use in his life.
Thomas Swales, a neuropsychologist, testified that Kirby attempted suicide while in jail since murdering his adoptive sister, Deborah Power, 63, and attempting to murdering Ronnie Power, 66, at a home they shared in South Lebanon.
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Swales also described Kirby’s lifetime of drug use and treatment in the jail with drugs for people with severe mental illness.
Kirby never finished high school but studied landscaping at the Warren County Career Center, Swales testified.
The trial is expected to end today with a decision on whether Kirby should be sentenced to death.
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