[lelio]

(murder of Federal LEOs)
The person that was murdered was an informant working for the feds. Different? Perhaps not.

[Poohbah]

It's probably in the statute.

If there was an argument that these guys were not eligible for the death penalty because the victim was a Fed LEO, it would have been made. Instead, the attorney used an incredibly loopy argument--basically, he threw some feces at the wall and--surprise, surprise--they stuck this time.