Criminal
Jul. 29, 2014
Orange County judge won't strike down death penalty
Declining to follow a local federal judge's surprise ruling, an Orange County Superior Court judge refused Friday to declare California's death penalty unconstitutional and so to sentence the county's worst mass-murderer to life.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SANTA ANA - Declining to follow a local federal judge's surprise ruling, an Orange County Superior Court judge refused Friday to declare California's death penalty unconstitutional.
Judge Thomas M. Goethals said he respected and understood the July 16 decision by U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney finding the state's capital punishment process is too dysfunctional and ineffective ...
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