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Prosecutors Won't Seek Death Penalty For MAX Stabbing Suspect

(Portland, OR)  --  Prosecutors won't be seeking the death penalty against the man accused of killing two men and injuring another on a MAX train in Portland in 2017.  The Multnomah County District Attorney has filed a motion to move forward with an amendment to the charges facing Jeremy Christian.  Christian's attorneys filed a motion earlier this month to change his charges from "aggravated" to "first-degree" murder and attempted murder.  The change would take capital punishment off the table as a sentencing option.  Christian is accused of stabbing Taliesin Namkai-Meche and Ricky Best to death and injuring Micah Fletcher on a MAX train after they stood up for two women whom Christian was verbally assaulting.

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