by NYNighthawk » Thu Oct 20, 2022 6:12 pm
Hired_Goonz wrote: ↑Thu Oct 20, 2022 8:18 am
Waingro wrote: ↑Wed Oct 19, 2022 7:03 pm
Hired_Goonz wrote: ↑Wed Oct 19, 2022 4:36 pm
Oof, he's eligible for the death penalty isn't he? Smart move texting back and forth with the hitman he hired btw.
New York got rid of the death penalty in 2004. Never understood why Massino flipped over that when the last NY state execution was 40 years earlier.
The federal "justice" system isn't constrained by the state that the prosecution takes place in. Federal prosecutors sought the death penalty for Massino in the Sciascia murder and they also did with Basciano. If I'm not mistaken they said that they would pursue it in the Zottola case if they get a conviction.
NEGATIVE! If the feds were going to seek the death penalty they have to do so before the trial not afterwards. There is a litany of things that are then put in place if it becomes a death penalty trial. The defendant gets up to three (3) lawyers for his defense. And one has to be an attorney who specializes in death penalty cases. So facit accompli! No death for you!
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Oof, he's eligible for the death penalty isn't he? Smart move texting back and forth with the hitman he hired btw.
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New York got rid of the death penalty in 2004. Never understood why Massino flipped over that when the last NY state execution was 40 years earlier.
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The federal "justice" system isn't constrained by the state that the prosecution takes place in. Federal prosecutors sought the death penalty for Massino in the Sciascia murder and they also did with Basciano. If I'm not mistaken they said that they would pursue it in the Zottola case if they get a conviction.
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NEGATIVE! If the feds were going to seek the death penalty they have to do so before the trial not afterwards. There is a litany of things that are then put in place if it becomes a death penalty trial. The defendant gets up to three (3) lawyers for his defense. And one has to be an attorney who specializes in death penalty cases. So facit accompli! No death for you!