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U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland ordered North Dakota's U.S. attorney, Mac Schneider, to stop pursuing capital punishment for the slaying of the 22-year-old University of North Dakota student.
A jury recommended his execution for the abduction and murder of a Minnesota college student 20 years ago.
North Dakota U.S. Attorney Mac Schneider dropped his effort to seek the death penalty for Alfonso Rodriguez Jr., who in 2003 kidnapped and killed college student Dru Sjodin.
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland ordered North Dakota's U.S. attorney, Mac Schneider, to stop pursuing capital punishment for the slaying of the 22-year-old University of North Dakota student.
U.S. prosecutors said Tuesday that they will no longer seek the death penalty for the Minnesota man convicted in the kidnapping and killing of college student Dru Sjodin in 2003 in a case that led to changes in sex offender registration laws. U.S.