EXPLAINER: What's next in Dru Sjodin death penalty case

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : "I believe the case warranted the death penalty," Heffelfinger said.
44% : Appetite for the death penalty among Americans is at near-historic lows, with polls showing support hovering around 55%, according to the nonpartisan Death Penalty Information Center in Washington,
42% : Sjodin's parents support the death penalty, though they haven't been overly vocal about it.
42% : "Does anyone imagine that the outcome on our decision to seek the death penalty or not would have been different if the medical examiner had (just) said she froze to death after he tied her, beat her, stabbed her and left her in the weeds?"
41% : In other words, imposing the death penalty shouldn't depend on proving Sjodin was raped.
38% : D.C. Joseph Daly, professor emeritus at Mitchell Hamline School of Law in St. Paul, said he doesn't think the government will appeal and said it "would be kind of a political, sociological decision based on President Biden being against the death penalty in the past."
30% : Biden has said he opposes the death penalty and his team vowed that he would take action to stop its use while in office.

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