Tiffany York's stepfather rushed across the courtroom and had to be tackled by security.
"You killed (expletive) my kid!" He yelled, while another family member shouted, "An eye for an eye!"
The drama came after Georgia prosecutors announced they were seeking the death penalty for the three Army soldiers who allegedly shot and killed a colleague and his 17 year-old girlfriend. Michael Roark and Tiffany York, the grief-stricken and irate step-daughter of Wesley Thomas, were slayed execution style in the woods and found days later on the side of a road.
The Seattle Times reports that prosecutor Ted Durden put forward the death penalty in light the recent discovery that Isaac Aguigui, one of the soldiers charged with murder, had recruited fellow soldiers Christopher Salmon, Anthony Peden, Michael Burnette and eventual victim Roark into an anarchist militia hell-bent on bringing down the government.
The group also allegedly conspired to assassinate president Obama. Durden said the charges have nothing to do with the militia, but that the soldiers' plot to commit treasonous acts factored into his decision to pursue the death penalty.
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