Federal death penalty panel considers Carson case

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A federal committee is meeting to decide whether to seek the death penalty against a man accused of killing former University of North Carolina student leader Eve Carson.

By: Associated Press | WNCT
Published: September 29, 2008

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A federal committee is meeting to decide whether to seek the death penalty against a man accused of killing former University of North Carolina student leader Eve Carson.
Department of Justice spokesman Erik Ablin said the Attorney General's Review Committee on Capital Cases was discussing the case Monday. That panel considers U.S. Attorney requests to pursue death penalty cases.
Demario James Atwater, 22, and Laurence Alvin Lovette Jr., 17, have been charged with killing Carson. Orange County District Attorney Jim Woodall has said he will seek the death penalty against Atwater, but juries in the county tend to avoid giving death sentences.
Lovette can't be sentenced to death because the crime was committed before he turned 18.