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- DECEMBER 15, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
In San Diego, Superior Court Judge Kenneth So declared...
In San Diego, Superior Court Judge Kenneth So declared a mistrial in the penalty phase of the trial of Scott Erskine, convicted of raping and murdering 2 young boys
- DECEMBER 12, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
In Santa Ana, Orange County, a jury recommended the...
In Santa Ana, Orange County, a jury recommended the death penalty for a man who shot and killed a sheriff's deputy
- DECEMBER 3, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
In El Cajon, a jury today recommended the death penalty...
In El Cajon, a jury today recommended the death penalty for Michael Flinner, 36, who had his 18-year-old fiancee killed so he could collect the $500,000 from a life insurance policy he took out on her
- NOVEMBER 4, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Serial rapist Vincent Sanchez,33, was sentenced to...
Serial rapist Vincent Sanchez,33, was sentenced to death for the July 5, 2001 kidnap-slaying of Megan Barroso, a 20-year-old student
- OCTOBER 2, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
In San Francisco, a federal appeals court declared...
In San Francisco, a federal appeals court declared unconstitutional a 2000 law that requires federal prisoners or those on supervised release to give blood samples for the FBI's DNA databank
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
In Riverside, Superior Court jurors recommended the...
In Riverside, Superior Court jurors recommended the death penalty for Micky Ray Cage, convicted of murdering his mother-in-law and her 16-year-old son while attempting to track down his estranged wife and children 5 years ago
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
The death sentence of a Japanese man was reduced to...
The death sentence of a Japanese man was reduced to life in prison through a plea bargain after he admitted to killing his wife and daughter in 2000
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
In Ventura, a jury recommended the death penalty for...
In Ventura, a jury recommended the death penalty for Vincent Sanchez, 32, a serial rapist and convicted killer of a 20-year-old college student
- AUGUST 4, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Victor Miranda-Guerrero, 24, who admitted raping Bridgette...
Victor Miranda-Guerrero, 24, who admitted raping Bridgette Ballas, 29, on November 27, 1999 was sentenced to death
- JULY 15, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
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- JUNE 27, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
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- JUNE 3, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
The death sentence of Jesus Cianez "Jesse" Hernandez...
The death sentence of Jesus Cianez "Jesse" Hernandez was unanimously overturned by the California Supreme Court, which held that "numerous and serious errors" during the penalty phase require a new sentencing trial