Killer fails to testify in sentencing phase

CLEVELAND (AP) -- A man who could receive the death penalty for killing a student in a university shooting spree didn't testify in the sentencing phase of his trial.
Biswanath Halder, 65, was convicted last month of killing student Norman Wallace, 30, of Youngstown, and wounding two others during the siege at Case Western Reserve University in 2003.
The jury is expected to begin deliberations on his sentence today.
His attorneys argue Halder's life should be spared because he is mentally ill. Psychologists testified that Halder is sane but delusional.
Halder's attorneys considered having him testify, but rested their case Friday without doing so. Attorney John Luskin said he did not know what Halder might say if put on the witness stand.
Halder, originally from Calcutta, India, believed a Case Western computer lab employee hacked into his Web site devoted to helping fellow India natives form businesses.
The former graduate student's delusions included believing that he would earn billions of dollars from the Web site and help change the world, his attorneys said.