[bc4m]

Yes, but they left out explicit murder-for-hire charges in the indictment for that trial. They filed a separate indictment with those charges in a different state which they dropped after the first trial ended.

It's not exactly the same but I see a pattern of using an accusation to influence a trial without intending to prove it.

[tptacek]

I don't think that's true. I think the murder-for-hire scheme is a predicate on the conspiracy charge he was ultimately convicted for, in the main trial.