Minnesota murder case could mark rare return of death penalty; Vance Boelter faces possible federal execution

Minnesota abolished capital punishment in 1911, and the state's last execution was a botched hanging in 1906. But federal prosecutors announced charges against Vance Boelter on Monday that can carry the death penalty.

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