Mohammed and Malvo faced murder, conspiracy, and terrorism charges in Washington, Alabama, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Virginia, and the United States.
Of all those jurisdictions, only Virginia is widely reputed to a) not allow parole and b) apply the death penalty.
They were tried first in Virginia.
Coincidence?
I think NOT!
66 posted on 10/27/2009 10:37:41 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)