Appeals court upholds conviction of man in daughters' death

MADISON - A Wisconsin appeals court says a man who killed his young daughters to hurt his ex-wife was properly convicted.

Prosecutors charged Aaron Schaffhausen with killing his three girls at their River Falls home in 2012. He pleaded guilty but maintained he was insane.

A jury determined, however, that he didn't lack the capacity to understand his conduct was wrong.

Full story: WJFW

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