Timeline of Haq case

July 28, 2006: Naveed Haq barges into the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle and opens fire with a handgun, killing employee Pamela Waechter, 58, and wounding five others before surrendering to police.

Aug. 15: Haq pleads not guilty to all charges filed against him, including aggravated first-degree murder, five counts of attempted murder, kidnapping, burglary and malicious harassment, the state's hate-crime law.

May 30, 2007: Haq pleads not guilty by reason of insanity to the charges against him.

April 14, 2008: Testimony begins in Haq's first trial with victims recounting the day of the shootings.

May 23: After more than five weeks of testimony, jurors begin deliberations.

June 4: Superior Court Judge Paris Kallas declares a mistrial after jurors say they are deadlocked on all but one count. Prosecutors immediately announce they'll retry Haq.

Oct. 18: Prosecutors slimmed down the charges to simplify things for future jurors.

Oct. 21, 2009: Testimony begins in Haq's second trial.

Dec. 10: Jurors begin deliberations after seven weeks of testimony.

Dec. 15: Haq found guilty of aggravated first-degree murder, five counts of attempted first-degree murder, one count of unlawful imprisonment and one count of malicious harassment, the state's hate-crime law. The murder verdict carries an automatic life sentence.

Seattle Times archives and Jennifer Sullivan