Editing Ira Einhorn (section)

===Trial and sentencing===
Taking the stand in his own defense, Einhorn claimed that Maddux was murdered by [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] agents, who attempted to frame him due to his investigations into the [[Cold War]] and [[Psionics|psychotronics]].<ref name="Salon">{{Cite web |date=October 18, 2002 |title=For Ira Einhorn, a fate worse than death |url=http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2002/10/18/einhorn/index.html |work=Salon |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831230541/http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2002/10/18/einhorn/index.html |archive-date=August 31, 2010 |access-date=March 31, 2010}}</ref>

After two hours of deliberation, the jury convicted Einhorn on October 17, 2002, concluding the month-long trial.<ref name=NYTimes/> The following day, he was sentenced to a mandatory life term without the possibility of parole.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Steward |first=Stephanie |date=October 18, 2002 |title=Einhorn sentenced to life in prison |url=http://thedp.com/index.php/article/2002/10/einhorn_sentenced_to_life_in_prison |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810091615/http://www.thedp.com/index.php/article/2002/10/einhorn_sentenced_to_life_in_prison |archive-date=August 10, 2017 |access-date=May 12, 2012 |work=The Daily Pennsylvanian}}</ref> Einhorn began serving his sentence at [[State Correctional Institution – Houtzdale|Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution (SCI) Houtzdale]]. In November 2006, Einhorn's sentence was unanimously affirmed by the [[Superior Court of Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite court |litigants=Commonwealth v. Einhorn |vol=911 |reporter=A.2d |opinion=960 |court=Pa. Super. Ct. |date=2006 | url= https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=13219247451018789695}}</ref>