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You make the AG call: should feds seek death for courthouse killer Brian Nichols?

By Douglas A. Berman

I suppose I should not be surprised to see this news reportout of Atlanta, which indicates that the state DA unable to get the death penalty for courthouse killer Brian Nichols now wants the feds to give it go: Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard said Saturday that courthouse killer Brian Nichols may get the death penalty yet ? from a federal court jury. Howard, whose prosecution sought and failed to get death for Nichols, said he would talk this week about possible federal charges against Nichols for killing off-duty U.S. Customs agent David Wilhelm. The agent was working alone at his new home in Buckhead when Nichols confronted him the night of his March 11, 2005 escape from the Fulton County Courthouse. Nichols was sentenced Saturday to multiple life prison sentences for the entire case, including four sentences without parole for the four killings...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on December 14, 2008 (boomark / email).