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The state attorney general’s office maintains that Joseph Corcoran “long ago exhausted his legal challenges to his convictions and sentence.”

The lawyers said it seemed arbitrary for the U.S. Justice Department to “spare some defendants but single out Mr. Saipov, a Muslim immigrant, for the death penalty even though their culpability is arguably greater.”

If unsuccessful in his appeal, Roof — now on federal death row at a maximum-security prison in Terre Haute, Indiana — could file a request that the trial court review the constitutionality of his conviction and sentence.

Join is this week as we discuss the significance of the three federal executions that took place last week at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute.