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BumRushDaShow

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5. Okay - since they are charging as "federal"

Reply to marble falls (Reply #4)

Mon Feb 11, 2019, 02:53 PM

Feb 2019

I expect that this is why his language about "maximum penalty allowed" which assume that it would be whatever the feds decide (e.g., Timothy McVeigh who was executed by the federal government vs by the state of Oklahoma).

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Sounds like he's trying to get the death penalty off the table as a concession to plead ... marble falls Feb 2019 #1

Gov. Wolf has a moratorium on the death penalty (since 2015) BumRushDaShow Feb 2019 #2

He must be under Federal jurusdiction which still has a death penalty and still uses it ... marble falls Feb 2019 #4

Okay - since they are charging as "federal" BumRushDaShow Feb 2019 #5

"said little"... But he had so much to say on Gab BEFORE the shooting. ck4829 Feb 2019 #3