FOXNews.com: US Justice Department ordered to indicate whether it will seek death penalty for RI inmate

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US Justice Department ordered to indicate whether it will seek death penalty for RI inmate Jun 7th 2012, 15:40 PROVIDENCE, R.I. –  A judge has ordered the U.S. Department of Justice to indicate whether it will seek the death penalty for a Rhode Island inmate in a legal tug-of-war between the governor and federal prosecutors. U.S. District Judge William Smith issued the order Wednesday regarding Jason Pleau (plew). The Justice Department must say by Tuesday whether it plans to seek the death penalty. Pleau is accused of fatally shooting a man outside a Woonsocket bank in 2010. Gov. Lincoln Chafee (CHAY'-fee) had refused to surrender Pleau to federal authorities, saying they want to try him to make the death penalty a possible punishment. Rhode Island doesn't have capital punishment. An appeals court ruled he may stand trial in federal court. U.S. Attorney Peter Neronha (nuh-ROH'-nuh) says prosecutors will comply with the order.

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