The Justice Department in coming weeks will decide whether to actually seek the death penalty.
This would force the prosecution to seek the death penalty only where it had incontrovertible proof.
Also on April 1, prosecutors are scheduled to announce whether they will seek the death penalty.
Authorities plan to seek the death penalty, although Moussaoui is not accused of killing anyone himself.
Federal prosecutors have not decided whether to seek the death penalty against Tsarnaev.
George Brauchler, the Arapahoe County district attorney, is scheduled to announce Monday whether he will seek the death penalty for Holmes.
Montgomery police plan to seek the death penalty for Muhammad and Malvo on capital murder charges, Police Chief John Wilson said Friday.
Amy was willing to plead guilty to capital murder in exchange for a commitment by prosecutors that they would not seek the death penalty.
Previously, they had said they would make a decision on whether to seek the death penalty against the 25-year-old Holmes at a hearing April 1.
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Prosecutors say they will make a decision on whether it not to seek the death penalty against the 25-year-old Holmes at a hearing April 1.
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The Justice Department must decide whether to seek the death penalty.
Prosecutors have rejected a guilty plea and seek the death penalty.
Prosecutors didn't disclose whether they would seek the death penalty, a legal but rare form of punishment in Colorado that would be applicable in this case.
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First District Attorney Doug Drummond said in a press release that the prosecution likely will decide whether to seek the death penalty after the preliminary hearing is complete.
Prosecutor Tim McGinty said on Thursday he would to seek aggravated murder charges against Mr Castro, and could even seek the death penalty against the former school bus driver.
Because of the delays, opponents of capital punishment in Colorado doubted that the decision to seek the death penalty against Mr. Holmes would ultimately give victims the solace they are seeking.
Holmes can still change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity, and he can wait to do so until after prosecutors announce whether they will seek the death penalty.
Finally, the government (for undisclosed reasons) has chosen not to seek the death penalty against Mr. Ghailani, even though that penalty was sought, albeit unsuccessfully, against those who stood trial earlier.
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They added that the prosecution had not yet responded to the plea deal, and their attempt to seek the death penalty would be the "only impediment to a resolution of this case".
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The decision to seek the death penalty came less than a week after a Colorado House committee narrowly voted to shelve a bill that would have abolished capital punishment in the state.
Prosecutors agreed to a plea deal -- and not to seek the death penalty -- after taking into account Loughner's history of mental illness and the views of victims and their families.
It is unclear whether newly-elected Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley will try to seek the death penalty on other related charges against Furrow if the case is brought to state court.
However, when the government determines not to seek the death penalty against a defendant charged with complicity in the murder of hundreds, that potentially distorts every future capital case the government prosecutes.
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The actor pleaded not guilty on Monday to four counts against him, including a first-degree murder charge with a special circumstance of "lying in wait" that allowed prosecutors to seek the death penalty.
As to Harris, the local district attorney said all the information compiled thus far -- especially shooting into such a busy intersection, endangering an untold number of innocent people -- will be weighed in a decision on whether to seek the death penalty.
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Because the AIDS diagnosis is considered a death sentence, many do not seek treatment.
Prosecutors in Ohio have said they also plan to seek aggravated murder charges that could carry the death penalty.
After the jury returned its verdict, the coroner for South Staffordshire, Andrew Haigh, said he intended to write to the hospital to seek reassurance that improvements to care made since the death were being monitored properly.
On Saturday, he returned to Twitter to say that Russian legal officials should seek access to all the documents surrounding Max Shatto's death.
Without that option, he said the defense could seek to enter a guilty plea in a deal to avoid the death penalty.
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