Mr. Isaac, who suffers from a mental illness but was found fit to stand trial, pleaded guilty to murder and arson charges in November.

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Gawli, who has started his own political party "to fight corruption and justice in this country, " has been linked to eight cases of murder, arson and kidnapping.

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In addition to two counts of felony murder, the accused are charged with conspiracy to commit arson, 12 counts of arson as a Class A felony and 33 counts of arson as a Class B felony.

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