Reply #33: Muhammad charged w/capital murder PLUS 16 counts of terrorism...why the disparity?

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Two men commit murders within 24 hours of each other: Scott Roeder and Abdulhakim Muhammad (formerly, Carlos Bledsoe). One is charged with capital murder for shooting to death a physician in front of a packed church; the other, for shooting to death a U.S. soldier in front of a military recruiting office.

Both suspects allegedly "acted alone"
Both suspects fired shots at or into a public faciliity
Both suspects had prior criminal records
Both suspects had political and religious motives for killing
Both suspects believed their murders were justified or moral, based on the perceived crimes of their two respective targets (Tiller "murdering" babies and the military's past crimes against Muslims)

One suspect was caucasian and fundamentalist "Christian." The other, black and a Muslim convert.

Yet one is charged only with murder while the other is charged with both murder and 16 (SIXTEEN!) counts of committing a terrorist act.

Muhammad: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090602/ap_on_re_us/us_recruiters_shot

Roeder: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090602/ap_on_re_us/us_abortion_shooting_suspect