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Criminal

Aug. 14, 2002

Woman Faces Death Penalty

LOS ANGELES - The California Supreme Court on Monday upheld the death sentence of a former Los Angeles nurse who could become the first woman executed in the modern era of the state's death row.

By David Houston
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        LOS ANGELES - The California Supreme Court on Monday upheld the death sentence of a former Los Angeles nurse who could become the first woman executed in the modern era of the state's death row.

        Maureen McDermott is the first of 12 women on death row to have her ...

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