I guess this is because of federal drug laws. In which case, why shouldn’t the death penalty even be considered?
The girl was thrown into a car trunk and killed by the thugs in a drug robbery, which meets all the qualifications, so it seems to me that Holder’s defense of these guys is a little out of line (unless, of course, his criteria have nothing to do with crime and everything to do with race...could it be?). And the AG shouldn’t get involved anyway.
I think kidnapping is always federal.