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Criminal

Dec. 18, 2015

Riverside County tops nation in death sentences

Riverside County courts sentenced eight people to death this year, the most of any county in the United States, according to a year-end report released Wednesday by the Death Penalty Information Center.

By Amanda Schallert
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Riverside County courts sentenced eight people to death this year, the most of any county in the United States, according to a year-end report released Wednesday by the Death Penalty Information Center..

Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin said he has reviewed 33 death penalty cases since he took office at the start of the year. Of the 22 from the previou...

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