Contra Costa Superior Court Judge Peter Spinetta sentenced Joseph Cordova...
Contra Costa Superior Court Judge Peter Spinetta sentenced Joseph Cordova...
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Contra Costa Superior Court Judge Peter Spinetta sentenced Joseph Cordova, 63, to death for the Aug. 24, 1979 rape and murder of an 8-year old girl, Cannie "Candy" Bullock.
Friday's hearing ended a brutal case that went unsolved for 23 years. A jury convicted Cordova in January. The next month, the same jury recommended his execution.
Investigators matched that evidence with Cordova in 2002 through a national DNA database. They found him in a Colorado prison serving a sentence for child molestation.
Friday's hearing ended a brutal case that went unsolved for 23 years. A jury convicted Cordova in January. The next month, the same jury recommended his execution.
Investigators matched that evidence with Cordova in 2002 through a national DNA database. They found him in a Colorado prison serving a sentence for child molestation.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Mercury-Register, Contra Costa Times, 11/05/2007)
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