Taylor Helzer and his younger brother Justin Alan Helzer have been formally sentenced to death

Taylor Helzer and his younger brother Justin Alan Helzer have been formally sentenced to death in Contra Costa County for their roles in the murders of 5 people as part of a bizarre crusade to save the world from Satan. 
Superior Court Judge Mary Ann O'Malley rejected arguments that the brothers were insane at the time of the killings in the summer of 2000.
The judge sentenced Justin Helzer to death for the murders of Selina Bishop and Ivan and Annette Stineman, and to life without the possibility of parole for the killings of Bishop's mother, Jennifer Villarin, and her friend James Gamble.
Glenn Helzer received 5 death sentences.
Glenn Helzer pleaded guilty, while Justin Helzer was convicted by a trial jury. Their roommate and accomplice, Dawn Godman, cooperated with prosecutors in exchange for a sentence of 38 years to life.