[FreeTally]

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.

[Poohbah]

Murder is a crime in all 50 states. No need whatsoever for federal enforcement, regardless of the constiutionality.

When federal officials are murdered, it should be tried at the federal level. Let the states prosecute on everything else (it's not as if their prosecutors would go without work).