• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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      17 hours ago

      What?

      We already found out if they’re going for it, they are.

      Do you think they’ll get the death penalty and not enforce it?

      Like, I don’t understand what you think we’ll find out later. Or why we haven’t crossed your personal threshold for them wanting the death penalty yet.

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        17 hours ago

        That’s how it works, yes. Somebody being eligible for the death sentence doesn’t mean that the prosecution is going to push for it or that the jury will decide it is warranted versus life in prison or some other sentence.

        Penalties for being found guilty of a crime are “up to” whatever the max is. You don’t automatically get the max.

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          16 hours ago

          The reason they included the spurious terrorism charge is that’s what takes it to murder 1 and the death penalty…

          I’m sorry, I assumed everyone was up to speed, I shouldn’t have.

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            13 hours ago

            That’s the state charge, and the state does not have the death penalty. The federal charge of murder with a firearm carries the potential for the death penalty.