State Trial Set in DEA Killings
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Two Taiwanese men indicted by a federal grand jury for the slayings of two Drug Enforcement Administration agents will be tried in state court instead, making one of them eligible for the death penalty, officials said today.
Jurisdiction in the case against Win Wei Wang, 18, of Hacienda Heights and Su Re Chia, 21, of Alhambra was changed because there is no federal death penalty. A federal murder conviction carries a maximum sentence of life in prison. Agents Paul Seema, 52, and George Montoya, 34, were shot Feb. 5 in Pasadena during a planned undercover heroin purchase.
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