NATION IN BRIEF : ALABAMA : Mail Bomber Faces State Prosecution
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The Justice Department said it will turn over convicted mail bomber Walter Leroy Moody Jr. to the state of Alabama for prosecution on murder charges that could result in a death sentence. The department said Alabama’s request to prosecute Moody for the murder of U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Robert S. Vance of Birmingham would take precedence over Georgia’s request to prosecute him for the murder of Savannah City Alderman Robert E. Robinson. Moody, 57, was convicted in federal court in June on 71 federal charges, including murder, in the bombing deaths of Vance and Robinson.
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