Jury to Weigh Zoloft Defense in Murder Case

Jurors began deliberating in Charleston in the murder trial of a 15-year-old boy who says the antidepressant Zoloft drove him to kill his grandparents three years ago.

The trial has been billed as the first case involving a youngster who says an antidepressant caused him to kill. The trial also comes at a time of heightened scrutiny over the use of antidepressants among children.

Prosecutors called the Zoloft defense a smokescreen, saying the then-12-year-old boy knew exactly what he was doing when he shot his grandparents, set fire to their house and then drove off in their car.