AussieAndrew wrote:Lastly, Why wasn RDJ given the death penalty or isn that available in the state he murdered his family in?
He was charged on six counts of second-degree murder. In NY State the death penalty only applies to first-degree murder trials. From memory in the book High Hopes, Gerard Sullivan mentioned that even when in cases of first-degree murder one of several reasons the death penalty would only apply would be if the accused/defendant had murdered a police officer. I cannot remember the other exceptions where the death penalty applies. Sorry.
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