2 massacres, 2 different decisions: How does the DOJ decide who should face death?
Why didn't they face the same consequences from the Justice Department?
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Why didn't they face the same consequences from the Justice Department?
CHICAGO — Two separate shootings 2,000 miles apart. One killed 11 at a Pittsburgh synagogue. The other killed 23 at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. Both were motivated by hate. Both involved gunmen who later claimed mental illness. But earlier this year, the Justice Department authorized the death penalty
Why didn't they face the same consequences from the Justice Department?
Robert Bowers killed 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue and he's facing a possible death sentence at his ongoing trial. Patrick Crusius killed 23 people at a Texas Walmart, but
For college students in a crime that gripped the nation four months. he has to be convicted. seeking the death penalty making it harder or easier for prosecutors to get a conviction. joining us now as attorney and former nypd inspector. welcome, paul. it does make this case death penalty eligible. sometimes it requires more proof in a capital case. the crime certainly rises to the level of k-uppercase-letter spirit do you think the facts, at least as you understand them rise to the highest level of evidentiary proof for k-uppercase-letter spirit. >> so, in idaho, there is a standard that there...