Von Brunn faces death penalty on first-degree murder charges in DC
(NEWSER) - The 89-year-old man who shot and killed a guard at the Holocaust Memorial Museum last month was charged today with first-degree murder, killing in a federal building, and bias-motivated crime, among other accusations, the Washington Post reports. If convicted, James von Brunn faces life in prison, though four of the counts could also carry the death penalty, if prosecutors choose to seek it. More»