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MissTaken said:He may never see a death penalty, no matter how well deserved.
As far as I know he still hasn't been charged yet. In this country at least, you still have to be charged first before you can go to trial, and so on, and in this country a statement by prosecutors that they will be seeking charges does not equate to charges.Lasher said:Sniper suspect faces murder charges
ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) - Maryland prosecutors said Friday they will bring six counts of first-degree murder against the two sniper suspects and seek the death penalty against Army veteran John Allen Muhammad...
There's bunches more after that in the above link.
Shy Tall Guy said:I am sure he will be so charged, but I am also sure you get my point - I think it is premature and wholly innapropriate to be talking about which governmental body is going to execute someone before he has been found guilty, much less before he has even been charged with murder.
Lasher said:Well, Christ. You're no fucking fun.
Rampant speculation with almost no basis for such is the American Goddamn Way!!
Lasher said:I have tremendous faith in Virginians to completely overlook such arguments.
MissTaken said:I voted Maryland, by the way.
Sorry, I didn't know you were a member of the news media - if I had I would have stood aside and let you do your patriotic duty.Lasher said:Well, Christ. You're no fucking fun.
Rampant speculation with almost no basis for such is the American Goddamn Way!!
Lasher said:Officials Want Death Penalty in Sniper Case
Updated 8:25 PM ET October 25, 2002
By Mark Wilkinson
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However, Maryland Gov. Parris Glendening said this case left room to impose the death sentence.
"On cases of this type, we do have death penalty legislation at the federal-state level, and when you have something this horrendous it seems to me that if there is no question whatsoever about the guilt that this is the type of incident for which this legislation is written," he said.
"Clearly this is a case that I believe where the death penalty is appropriate," Virginia Gov. Mark Warner said at a news conference.
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Black_Bird said:I vote Maryland; six out of thirteen of the murders occured here.
And they have Murphy's law on their side, Lily.