Criminal
Mar. 31, 2017
State AG to press forward with death penalty argument for Orange County confessed murderer
Before a Thursday pretrial conference, Superior Court Judge Thomas M. Goethals said he may consider dismissing the death penalty.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
California will continue to seek the death penalty against confessed mass murderer Scott E. Dekraai, state Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced on the eve of a hearing that an Orange County judge had said might result in his dismissal of the capital punishment option.
Thursday's scheduled pretrial conference is before Superior Court Judge Thomas M. Goethals, who last month ordered th...
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