the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the death sentence of William Clark.

the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the death sentence of William Clark.
The Court of Appeals upheld Clark's conviction, but said the judge had misled the jury about death penalty law. Ava Gawronski was counseling Clark, 37, and his wife, but stopped treating him after he threatened to rape her in her office. In January 1982, Clark set Gawronski's house a blaze. His intent, Clark said during his trial, was to chase the family out so he could shoot and kill David Gawronski, 35, in front of his wife and infant daughter. Instead, David Gawronski perished in the fire.
Ava Gawronski, 32, was hospitalized for 10 months and lost her nose and fingers. A neighbor rescued the baby, who was unharmed.