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Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman did not immediately say whether he would retry McGhee for the murders, nor whether he would again seek the death penalty, which his predecessor abjured.

“I’m going to volunteer with the office for a week. Then, I’m going to find the most challenging cases I can find — murder, death penalty.”

The Justice Department’s push for the death penalty shows it has “moved from the dysfunctional to the barbaric.”

These charges make him eligible for the death penalty.

Under California law, the death penalty can only be sought in cases where a defendant is accused of murder with special circumstances.