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Criminal

Jul. 26, 2014

Lawyer for OC killer asks state court to rule death penalty unconstitutional

The motion in the case of Scott Eugene Dekraai, who murdered eight people and injuring another during a 2011 shooting at a Seal Beach beauty salon, may be the first to rely on a recent landmark decision in federal court.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SANTA ANA - Citing a federal judge's landmark ruling last week, the public defender representing the worst mass-killer in Orange County history is asking a state judge to agree that California's death penalty is unconstitutional.


The killer, Scott Eugene Dekraai, has already pleaded guilty to murdering eight people and injuring another during a 2011 shooting at a Seal Beach beauty salon...

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