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Amy Bishop wants to be tried in brother’s death

Amy Bishop, a former University of Alabama-Huntsville professor sentenced to life in prison for killing three of her colleagues in a shooting rampage, wants to go on trial in the 1986 death of her brother in Massachusetts, her lawyer said Tuesday.

Larry Tipton said Bishop wants to prove that she had a ‘‘loving and caring relationship’’ with her brother and that the shooting was accidental.

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Does this mean there will be no further investigation into the conduct of the police chief responsible for not bringing charges against Bishop?  The woman aimed a loaded shotgun at civilians and police after her brother was shot!  If she'd been charged  with that gun crime, there's a possiblity she would not have been in a position to go on a shooting rampage in Alabama.