USA - California. Judge Robert J. Perry sentenced John Michael Perez, 47, and Rudy Anthony Ruiz, 34, to death.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert J. Perry sentenced John Michael Perez, 47, and Rudy Anthony Ruiz, 34, to death. He followed the jury's May 3 recommendation. The 2 were convicted April 26 of 1st-degree murder for the June 27, 2009, slayings of Garret Dandini, 25, his cousin, Tony Dandini, 39, and Juan Carlos Carrera, 36, at a motorcycle club's charity fundraiser outside a pizza parlor. During the trial, Deputy District Attorney Stephen Gunson told jurors that the group was mistakenly targeted out of the belief that they belonged to a gang.