Justin Sullivan, the 19 year old who sought to hire a hitman on his parents, killed his elderly neighbor, and wished to kill thousands is now also the first American ISIS convert to face the death penalty for his crimes, according to The Charlotte Observer: District Attorney David Learner announced Monday that he will try Sullivan’s alleged murder of 74-year-old John Bailey Clark as a capital case. The FBI says Sullivan shot Clark in 2014 to get money for an assault rifle to use in a mass killing. Sullivan was arrested last June and charged with federal terrorism-related crimes. A Burke County grand jury indicted him in Clark’s murder in February. His attorney Victoria Jayne of Hickory, did not return a phone call this week seeking comment. Seventy-one U.S. supporters of ISIS have been arrested since 2014. Up to now, only Sullivan has been charged with a capital offense, says Seamus Hughes, a George Washington University professor and co-author of “Isis in America,” which details domestic ties to the Islamic State. Learner’s office declined to discuss the case Thursday. So did the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Charlotte. While federal documents first linked Sullivan to Clark’s death, federal prosecutors left it [...]