[wewillnotfail]

Or maybe this references murders in MD only? VA may not have
charged them yet.

[CobaltBlue]

They need to be charged in VA - we have the death penalty, including for 17 year old. I don't think MD and DC do.

[Lion's Cub]

Or maybe this references murders in MD only? VA may not have charged them yet.

Maybe they are holding a few cases back in case something goes wrong with the trial? If they're somehow aquitted, they turn around and charge them with these.