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To: spectre
Bullets from tree match the snipers bullets...but good question, WHICH shooting? Don't know.

NBC news saying they are being charged on 6 counts of murders. What about the other 4?

317 posted on 10/24/2002 4:34:07 AM PDT by FootBall
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To: FootBall
"NBC news saying they are being charged on 6 counts of murders. What about the other 4?"

They probably only have bullet matches on some of the victims, not all.

327 posted on 10/24/2002 4:37:06 AM PDT by blam
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To: FootBall
NBC news saying they are being charged on 6 counts of murders. What about the other 4?

May be jurisdictional. Capture was in MD. Other charges will come from VA.
336 posted on 10/24/2002 4:39:22 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: FootBall
NBC news saying they are being charged on 6 counts of murders. What about the other 4?

Often in cases of multiple murder, charges will initially be brought for only some of the cases. A conviction and death sentence means you're dead, and being convicted of more murders doesn't make you any more dead. But if there's some goof-up at the trial and the conviction doesn't happen, it's cleaner to start again with the additional charges than to re-try the first ones.

357 posted on 10/24/2002 4:44:37 AM PDT by nepdap
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