Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Johnson has sentenced Mauricio Silva...
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Johnson has sentenced Mauricio Silv...
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Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Johnson has sentenced Mauricio Silva, convicted of murdering his half sister Martha Kitzler, Walter Sanders and Monique Hilton in 1984, to death for a 2nd time.
47-year-old Silva was in prison in 2001 when the California Supreme Court overturned his 1986 death sentence (see April 30, 2001). The court had found that the exclusion of 5 Hispanics from the prospective jury pool tainted the jury's death verdict. Silva is Hispanic.
Judge Johnson re-imposed the death sentence, and ordered Silva be delivered to San Quentin's death row within 10 days.
47-year-old Silva was in prison in 2001 when the California Supreme Court overturned his 1986 death sentence (see April 30, 2001). The court had found that the exclusion of 5 Hispanics from the prospective jury pool tainted the jury's death verdict. Silva is Hispanic.
Judge Johnson re-imposed the death sentence, and ordered Silva be delivered to San Quentin's death row within 10 days.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Associated Press, 17/08/2007)
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