Criminal
May 22, 2009
Capital Trial Ends With Prison Term
U.S. District Judge William Alsup of San Francisco sentenced Emile Fort, who was one of the first defendants to face a death penalty trial in the Northern District of California in more than 60 years, to 41 years in prison as part of a plea deal.
Daily Journal Staff Writer SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge Wednesday questioned a decision to charge a gang member who had faced the death penalty with murder in federal court instead of state court as he accepted a plea deal for the defendant. U.S. District Judge William Alsup of San Francisco sentenced Emile Fort to 41 years in prison as part of a deal negotiated a week into his February trial by his attorneys Michael P. Thorman...
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