09-30-2014, 01:01 PM
Looks like the prosecutor in Oklahoma agrees with you, MS.
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Alton Alexander Nolen, 30, was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder and attempted murder in the beheading of a 54-year-old woman last week at his former workplace in Oklahoma and an attack on another woman, said Cleveland County District Attorney Greg Mashburn.
Nolen was also charged with a third felony, assault with a deadly weapon, the prosecutor said. The attempted murder charge is also called assault and battery with a deadly weapon, Mashburn said.
"It is highly likely I will seek the death penalty in this case," Mashburn added.
Nolen, a recent convert to Islam, is accused of carrying out the attacks Thursday at a Vaughan Foods processing plant soon after he learned he'd lost his job there.
Nolen was trying "to get revenge on certain people he felt responsible" for his job loss, Mashburn said. The knife used in the attack came from Nolen's home.
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/09/30/justic...?hpt=us_c2
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The FBI is also investigating -- Nolen was using Arabic phrases during the attack and had a bunch of Islamic rhetoric posted on his Facebook. I take it the FBI is involved to determine whether any terrorism-related charges will be filed.
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Alton Alexander Nolen, 30, was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder and attempted murder in the beheading of a 54-year-old woman last week at his former workplace in Oklahoma and an attack on another woman, said Cleveland County District Attorney Greg Mashburn.
Nolen was also charged with a third felony, assault with a deadly weapon, the prosecutor said. The attempted murder charge is also called assault and battery with a deadly weapon, Mashburn said.
"It is highly likely I will seek the death penalty in this case," Mashburn added.
Nolen, a recent convert to Islam, is accused of carrying out the attacks Thursday at a Vaughan Foods processing plant soon after he learned he'd lost his job there.
Nolen was trying "to get revenge on certain people he felt responsible" for his job loss, Mashburn said. The knife used in the attack came from Nolen's home.
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/09/30/justic...?hpt=us_c2
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The FBI is also investigating -- Nolen was using Arabic phrases during the attack and had a bunch of Islamic rhetoric posted on his Facebook. I take it the FBI is involved to determine whether any terrorism-related charges will be filed.