MEMORANDUM OPINION
HENRY WOODS, District Judge.
Petitioner Swindler shot and killed Officer Randy Basnett of the Fort Smith, Arkansas police department on September 2, 1976. At the time, Swindler, a federal parolee, was wanted for the murder of a teenaged couple in South Carolina, a crime for which he was subsequently convicted. Swindler's guilt is not open to question. Two eyewitnesses saw him gun down the officer, who did not pull his gun until after he...
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