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Speaker 1: A new filing in Boston Federal Court shows a decision

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Speaker 1: from the head of the DOJ. United States Attorney General

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Speaker 1: Pam Bondi has directed the government not to seek capital

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Speaker 1: punishment for Matthew Farwell. He's accused of killing a witness

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Speaker 1: and her unborn son. Federal prosecutors alleged the ex officer

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Speaker 1: took the life of Sandra Birchmore to stop their relationship

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Speaker 1: from coming to light that he'd groomed her as a

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Speaker 1: young teenager and had been told the baby was his.

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Speaker 1: Farwells pleaded not guilty, and the local medical Examiner's office

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Speaker 1: has stood by its determination that the death was a suicide.

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Speaker 1: In the new filing, prosecutors don't elaborate on the decision.

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Speaker 1: President Trump did sign a day one executive order telling

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Speaker 1: the age to pursue the death penalty quote for all

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Speaker 1: crimes of a severity, demanding its use. Madison Rogers w

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