Law Practice,
Criminal
Nov. 17, 2020
Next AG can decide if alleged cop killer faces death penalty, judge says
U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said she will not impose an "arbitrary deadline" for defendants to submit reasons why federal prosecutors should not seek to have them executed. She cited pandemic conditions which have restricted their ability to communicate in person with their attorneys.
A decision on whether the Department of Justice will pursue the death penalty for two people charged with killing a federal courthouse officer will not be made until at least February when there is a new attorney general, a federal judge in San Francisco ruled.
U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said she will not impose an "arbitrary deadline" for defendants ...
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