Anything to set a murderer free to kill again.
There's something weird about the story if you read about it at some of the other links (from the national news sites cited above): The DEFENSE attorney (allegedly) tried to talk the judge into taking the guilty plea and NOT ordering an psych evaluation (a prerequisite to a successful insanity defense).
I was scratching my head as to why and now I'm wondering if (and this is just wild speculation on my part I admit) it couldn't have been because someone did not want the story to get out that liberal hysteria over Trump might have finally gotten an innocent man killed.