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- MAY 17, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
San Joaquin County Judge Michael Garrigan sentenced...
San Joaquin County Judge Michael Garrigan sentenced Wesley Shermantine Jr
- MAY 17, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Only a handful of California prisoners are taking advantage...
Only a handful of California prisoners are taking advantage of a new state law allowing them to use DNA testing to try to prove their innocence, according to the attorney general's office
- APRIL 30, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
The California Supreme Court overturned the death sentence...
The California Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of Mauricio Silva, 43
- APRIL 23, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
John Myles was sentenced to death for the April 11,...
John Myles was sentenced to death for the April 11, 1996, shooting of Harry Byrd, 19
- MARCH 30, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
A man who has spent 20 years on death row for killing...
A man who has spent 20 years on death row for killing a 12-year-old girl had his conviction and death sentence overturned for a 2nd time
- MARCH 27, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Robert Lee Massie, a convicted killer who spent two...
Robert Lee Massie, a convicted killer who spent two separate stints on death row and gained notoriety while pursuing his own demise for more than 30 years, was executed by the State of California early this morning
- MARCH 23, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Jurors who convicted a handyman of killing 2 women,...
Jurors who convicted a handyman of killing 2 women, 1 of them the body double for actress Janet Leigh, deadlocked on whether he should be sentenced to death or life in prison
- FEBRUARY 28, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
9 months after he confessed to a 2-month robbery spree...
9 months after he confessed to a 2-month robbery spree that ended in the murder of 2 people, David Scott Daniels was formally sentenced to die by lethal injection
- FEBRUARY 23, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Assembly woman Dion Aroner introduced AB 1512 to prohibit...
Assembly woman Dion Aroner introduced AB 1512 to prohibit the death penalty for those with mental retardation
- JANUARY 31, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
A gang member convicted of killing 2 teenagers (Mike...
A gang member convicted of killing 2 teenagers (Mike Murillo and Bryan Molina) in Whittier was sentenced to death
- JANUARY 31, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
A man whose November 1999 crime spree resulted in the...
A man whose November 1999 crime spree resulted in the deaths of 2 people was sentenced to die
- JANUARY 19, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
A judge sent Robert Bloom Jr
A judge sent Robert Bloom Jr