By Allan Lengel
ticklethewire.com
Federal prosecutors filed notice Tuesday saying they won’t seek the death penalty in the Nov. 14 slaying of Pittsburgh FBI agent Sam Hicks.
In a three-paragraph filing in U.S. District Court, assistant U.S. Attorney Troy Rivetti in Pittsburg said the office would not seek the penalty against Christina Korbe, who is charged with fatally shooting Hicks as he and other law enforcement agents entered her home to execute a drug-related arrest warrant for her husband.
Korbe claims that she thought her home was being invaded by intruders. Authorities insist she knew that Hicks and others were law enforcement officers.
