NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Federal Prosecutors are considering the death penalty in the case against South Carolina man who is accused of killing New Mexico State Police Officer Justin Hare .
Jaremy Smith , 33, of Marion, South Carolina, is charged with carjacking resulting in death and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. The charges were announced on Friday during a press conference held by the United States Attorney’s Office and New Mexico Department of Justice outside the Pete V. Domenici U.S. Courthouse in Albuquerque.
Smith faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years in federal prison for the firearms offense. The more-serious charge of carjacking resulting in death carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment or death…