USA - California. Judge Gregg L. Pickett sentenced Richard Raymond Ramirez to death

Orange County Judge Gregg L. Pickett sentenced Richard Raymond Ramirez to death for the 2nd time for the murder of 22-year-old Kimberly Gonzalez, who was raped and stabbed in 1983. Ramirez, 55, Hispanic, originally was convicted and sentenced to death in 1985, but the conviction was overturned on Feb. 8, 2008 (see) after it was discovered that the jury foreman failed to disclose his status as an FBI candidate. Prosecutors retried the case, and Ramirez was convicted for a 2nd time in 2013. However, the jury that year deadlocked on whether he should receive the death penalty, leading the judge to declare a mistrial. After a 3rd trial, a jury on November 24, 2014 (see) decided Ramirez should return to San Quentin's death row.