USA - California. Judge Frank Fasel sentenced Billy Joe Johnson to death

Orange County Superior Court Judge Frank Fasel sentenced Billy Joe Johnson to death for murdering Scott Miller in March 2002. Johnson, 46, white, had requested the sentence because he believes death row inmates are treated better. Johnson was convicted last month for the killing of Scott Miller and a jury recommended death. Prosecutors say Johnson took Miller to an alley where 2 other men shot him for divulging gang secrets during a Fox TV interview. Johnson is serving a 45-year-to-life sentence for a 2004 gang-related murder. He told jurors he killed 2 other people to try to convince them he deserved the death penalty. Michael Allen Lamb, 35, and Jacob Anthony Rump, 34, were also convicted for their role in the murder. Last year Lamb was sentenced to death, and in 2007 Rump received life without the possibility of parole.