Amy Bishop won't go to trial for killing her brother in 1986, DA says she was fixated on Mass. Case
By Brian Lawson, The Huntsville Times
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Amy Bishop will not face a murder charge in Massachusetts for the 1986 shooting death of her brother Seth, the Norfolk County District Attorney's office announced Friday.
DA Michael Morrissey said his office would withdraw the indictment issued against Bishop two years ago because her recent capital murder conviction in Alabama ensures she will be in prison for the rest of her life.
"We will not move to have her returned to Massachusetts. The penalty we would seek for a first degree murder conviction is already in place," Morrissey said.
Massachusetts does not impose the death penalty.
Morrissey said that if circumstances were to change in Alabama then prosecution could take place, but that is unlikely given that Bishop this month waived her appeal rights when admitting to killing three people at the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 2010.
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