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Sniper trial
Could someone who knows more than the newspaper legal reporters explain why Muhammed would not be eligible for the death penalty because he was not proven to be the triggerman?
I understand that in the course of a felony murder, say a robbery by two people, where one shoots the bank teller, the other may not be eligible for death. But here, if the evidence is to be believed, Muhammed specifically directed Malvo to shoot. Malvo was essentially his agent. Is this not a relevant distinction? Or is this not the basis for the not-death-eligible theory?
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