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Yep, but it also doesn't change that this particular person might be let free. I think it's OK to feel a little ambivalent about this ruling.

• yunruse 6y ago
  Unlikely. I can’t think of any immediate reasons that federal courts would consider anything different to the states, where something so heinous as rape of a child is concerned.
• tobylane 6y ago
  I think it’s not about his freedom, but one of the two courts that could charge him have the death penalty. His legal case is about avoiding that.
  • jjeaff 6y ago
    He was already convicted and sentenced to 1,000 years. So I don't think the death penalty was on the table.
    • jldugger 6y ago
      What would the tribal law sentence be for the same crime?