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Murder One

Though I haven't seen any reason to think that Criminal Law Professor (and former Federal Public Defender for the District of Baltimore) Sasha Natapoff would mourn the death of any of her erstwhile adversaries at US Attorneys Office, that doesn't mean any people in the federal judiciary have ignored the cold-blooded murder of federal prosecutor John Luna. When it was annouced Luna had been found dead, the Boston Globe reported tje public defenders' office was full of teary-eyed people.
Death threats can be common, as many people thought that Luna had been killed for going after a drug ring in Baltimore. The most recent rumor however, provided by the New York Post is that Luna was killed by opportunistic thieves while on a late-night errand around his office. In this posit proves true, it will comfort many in the legal community because any attempt by organized crime to intimidate the "Feds" is almost legendary in nature. Just like how the World Trade Center attack caused many people to think about how they previously felt that hijackings were a thing of the past, the US Attorney and all those involved are getting the same bad vibes from Luna's corpse. It seems as there were mutliple assailants and the distance travelled from his work is more than just a detour.

While this criminal investigation may not have the celebrity of other cases, it appears someone called Luna after he made an attempt to be seen at the Federal Courthouse in Baltimore, travelled north to Pennsylvania. There is reason to think that Luna was looking for mutual sex partners on website and the like. But even if that's true, doesn't that just mean someone either sane or crazy could have discovered Luna's information on the site and planned to kill him. If the murder was motivated by anything other than roberry it's hard to close the book on any outcome. Could it even be a person who sought to kill members of the US Attorney's Office to protest that Circuit's (the 4th's) tought stand on the war on terrorism. In a week without Supreme Court decisions, a murder of a US Attorney is probably the biggest legal story of the week.
posted by Thomas at 1:02 AM 0 comments