<Li> There was more than one victim and the murders were part of a common scheme or plan or the result of a single act of the person . </Li> <Li> The murder was committed in the course of, in furtherance of, or in immediate flight from robbery in the first or second degree, rape in the first or second degree, burglary in the first or second degree or residential burglary, kidnapping in the first degree, or arson in the first degree . </Li> <Li> The victim was regularly employed or self - employed as a newsreporter and the murder was committed to obstruct or hinder the investigative, research, or reporting activities of the victim . </Li> <Li> At the time the person committed the murder, there existed a court order, issued in this or any other state, which prohibited the person from either contacting the victim, molesting the victim, or disturbing the peace of the victim, and the person had knowledge of the existence of that order . </Li>

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