You have no idea how irritated I am about this. Charging Rodriguez in Federal Court is entirely the prosecutors' way to end around the fact that neither Minnesota nor North Dakota have the death penalty. Sure, kidnapping with a murder across state lines is a federal crime. However, did you see the Commonwealths of Maryland and Virginia dropping their first shots at the DC snipers just because the Feds were prosecuting too? Then how come it looks like North Dakota and Minnesota are giving Rodriguez over to their respective US Attorney?

Rodriguez to face federal charges in Sjodin case