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Harlan Drake, the man who says he shot and killed a pro-life advocate and a local businesses man, takes to the witness stand in his own murder trial.
Drake described in detail his thought processes throughout the whole ordeal.
The prosecution wants to use his testimony to show premedidation while the defense wants to use it to show he's a reasonable man who's battling mental illness.
The day before killing pro-life advocate Jim Pouillon and Fuoss Gravel owner Mike Fuoss, 33 year old Harlan Drake says he had lunch with his family the day before.
He says his mother was upset by Jim Pouillon's pro-life signs and said he was protesting at Owosso High School that day.
Harlan Drake says, "Kind of under my breath I said 'I'll take care of that tomorrow.'"
Drake describes the thoughts going through his mind prior to shooting Pouillon. "I did not believe that he should be showing the sign to children, especially at a high school where young girls of impressionable age would see that and either be disgusted or scared."
Drake says, his nieces saw the signs and had nightmares.
The night before the shootings, Drake says he packed specific guns and bullets into a gym bag.
"At that evening, my thought was that they would be the best choice if i was going to shoot him the next day," Drake says.
While driving to Owosso High School on September 11th, Drake says "The only thought I had was that they didn't have to see that sign again. I was hoping that he wouldn't be there that morning."
Drake's attorney asked him why he was hoping Pouillon would not be there. Drake says, "So that I wouldn't have to shoot him."
After shooting Pouillon four times, Drake says his thought process was "I just shot one person. I might as well shoot anybody else that I think might deserve to be shot that day."
That's when he drove to Fuoss Gravel Company.
He says the owner wasn't kind to his mother. "Mike was a bad person and shouldn't be allowed to continue to do bad things," Drake says.
The prosecution says these thought processes show premeditation.
The defense says, Drake is battling mental illnesses and was insane at the time.
Drake says, he's had thoughts of killing himself and his family.
He says he deserves to die for murdering two people.
However, he says he does not feel bad about doing it.
