Far less than half, of course. Probably only 10 of the counts carry the death penalty.
Why charge them with more than 'necessary'? Well, since you're obviously not an attorney, we'll make it short & simple:
Part of it is housekeeping - only 1 of the rape / murders would be sufficient for the death penalty, presumably, but then that would leave a whole lotta unresolved crimes, wouldn't it?
And part of it is closure for the victim's families - I doubt you'd want to be a member of the family of a victim whose murder wasn't charged.
The previous poster's comment about appeals doesn't quite ring true - since all counts are being tried at once, most appealable / reversible errors would attach to all of the counts (one exception being an error in jury instructions pertaining to a particular count).
Ther endeth the lesson.....
If dead is dead, then why all those counts? I bet less than half of those 113 would have been enough for the death penalty. Why not stop counting counts when you get high enough for the death penalty and stop there?
---Well, since you're obviously not an attorney, we'll make it short & simple:---
LOL! And I bet you're an attorney.
Let's see. A goof calling themselves (quite appropo I might add) "Psycho". who childishly rearranges quotes and responses. Who can't offer a legitimate argument to save his/her life Are an attorney?
BWAHAHAHAHA
--Part of it is housekeeping - only 1 of the rape / murders would be sufficient for the death penalty, presumably, but then that would leave a whole lotta unresolved crimes, wouldn't it?--
Nonsense call them solved and they are.
--And part of it is closure for the victim's families - I doubt you'd want to be a member of the family of a victim whose murder wasn't charged.---
Closure would well have added hate crime to the list, after all wasn't it James Byrd's daughter who said not having a hate crime charge "was like having her father murdered all over again"?
Psycho Francis, Attorney at Law?
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!