Non-Statutory Factors Stand in Pirate Case 
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Published: November 28, 2012
Tags: Criminal, Judge Rebecca Beach Smith, U.S. District Court - Eastern District
A Norfolk U.S. District Court denies a motion by defendant Somali sailors accused of the seizure of the sailing vessel Quest in February 2011, who are charged with capital murder in the deaths of four Americans on board the seized vessel, to strike multiple non-statutory aggravating factors cited by the government in its Notice of ...
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