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Criminal

Nov. 24, 2016

4th District affirms OC DA off of mass murder case

The 4th District Court of Appeal on Tuesday affirmed the removal of the Orange County district attorney's office from the death penalty prosecution of mass murderer Scott Evans Dekraai, calling arguments against the sanction "nonsense," "reckless" and "grossly unfair."

The 4th District Court of Appeal on Tuesday affirmed the removal of the Orange County district attorney's office from the death penalty prosecution of mass murderer Scott Evans Dekraai, calling arguments against the sanction "nonsense," "reckless" and "grossly unfair."

The 3-0 decision from Kathleen E. O'Leary, the presiding justice, and Associate Justices Richard D. Fybel and Raymond J. Ikola affirms the decision by Orange...

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