US EditionCapital Jewish Museum shooting suspect indicted on murder and hate crime charges and could face death penalty
WASHINGTON, D.C., AUG 6 – Elias Rodriguez allegedly targeted two Israeli embassy staffers due to antisemitic beliefs and may face the death penalty after a federal grand jury indicted him on nine counts.
- Elias Rodriguez has been indicted on charges of premeditated murder and hate crimes resulting in death related to the Capital Jewish Museum shooting.
- The indictment allows the Justice Department to consider pursuing its first death penalty case out of Washington, DC, in years.
- Prosecutors might find it challenging to convince a trial jury of the hate crimes due to a higher evidentiary standard.
- Rodriguez has been in federal custody since the fatal shooting of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim on May 21.
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