Courts: 10 panellists favor life in prison for the...

Courts: 10 panellists favor life in prison for the man who gunned down 3 Anaheim hospital workers. 2 back death, forcing a rehearing on his penalty.
An Orange County jury deadlocked on whether a man convicted of killing three people in a hospital shooting rampage should be executed, despite the defendant's dramatic courtroom pleas that he be put to death.
Dung D. Trinh, 46, was convicted on 3 counts of 1st-degree murder by the same jury last month. Trinh opened fire at West Anaheim Medical Center on Sept. 14, 1999.
Trinh blamed the hospital for his mother's death Trinh killed hospital maintenance director Ronald Robertson, 50, nurse's aide Marlene Mustaffa, 60, and pharmacist Vincent Rosetti, 50.
The defense and the prosecution will meet before Judge John J. Ryan on Sept. 12 to discuss selection of a new jury for the penalty phase.