To: FreeTally
Yup, but he also committed a Federal crime (murder of Federal LEOs).
Had he been acquitted of the federal charges, or not gotten the death penalty, he would have faced 160 counts of murder under the laws of the State of Oklahoma.
57 posted on
07/01/2002 9:47:27 AM PDT by
Poohbah
To: Poohbah
(murder of Federal LEOs)
The person that was murdered was an informant working for the feds. Different? Perhaps not.
76 posted on
07/01/2002 10:27:48 AM PDT by
lelio
To: Poohbah
Had he been acquitted of the federal charges, or not gotten the death penalty, he would have faced 160 counts of murder under the laws of the State of Oklahoma. Exactly. Murder is a crime in all 50 states. No need whatsoever for federal enforcement, regardless of the constiutionality.
To: Poohbah; Dog Gone; Miss Marple; Howlin
Guess who appointed this judge.......Clinton in 1995!
96 posted on
07/01/2002 12:07:20 PM PDT by
Dog
To: Poohbah
Had he been acquitted of the federal charges, or not gotten the death penalty, he would have faced 160 counts of murder under the laws of the State of Oklahoma.
Wouldn't this be a case of Double Jeopardy? You get one shot at the defendant. Don't know if this stops the .gov from filing 160 different murder cases against him though.
97 posted on
07/01/2002 12:07:55 PM PDT by
lelio
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