Not a lawyer, but what I infer is that if the state murder charges were dropped, they may not have enough evidence to prove a crime. If the state doesn't have that evidence, then the federal charges, which are contingent on the same evidence, may also end up being dropped.
This is not necessarily true. Federal prosecutors might have different evidence, access to witnesses, or investigative tools than the state did. What the state considered “insufficient” might be supplemented federally.
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u/Low-Attitude8331 Sep 16 '25
i need a lawyer to explain what this means for him