[lelio]

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.

[Poohbah]

Wouldn't this be a case of Double Jeopardy? You get one shot at the defendant.

The death toll from Oklahoma City was 168. Eight of these were Federal law enforcement officers. He was tried on eight counts of murdering Federal LEOs. The other 160 counts were at the state level--they were not included in the charges filed at the federal level. It's not double jeopardy. If the state had tried to include those eight federal LEOs in their indictment, then it would be double jeopardy.