USA - California. A jury recommended that Ronnie Vang be sentenced to death

A Sacramento County jury recommended that Ronnie Vang be sentenced to death in the June 23, 2009, shooting death of 44-year-old Keith Fessler during a residential robbery. Jurors on Dec. 4 convicted Vang and his cousin, Joson Vang, 27, of murder and 6 other felonies in the killing of Fessler. Joson Vang last Friday was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole. Prosecutors did not seek the death penalty in his case. Sacramento Superior Court Judge Steve White scheduled Vang’s official sentencing date for Feb. 21.