Law Practice
Feb. 24, 2009
Federal Death Penalty Trial Begins
Dennis Cyrus Jr. allegedly shot four people, killing three and seriously injuring another as part of a gang-related "killing spree," in the summer of 2002. Cyrus is now at the center of the first federal death penalty case in decades in the Northern District of California. The case is part of a larger indictment against six named defendants accused of participating in a conspiracy to dominate the gang-controlled drug trade in a San Francisco neighborhood.
By Rebecca Beyer
Daily Journal Staff Writer SAN FRANCISCO - In the summer of 2002, Dennis Cyrus Jr. allegedly shot four people, killing three and seriously injuring another as part of a gang-related "killing spree," according to a federal prosecutor. For those alleged crimes, Cyrus is now at the center of the first death penalty case in decades in the Northern District of California, where the federal prosecutor gave opening statements in Cyrus' ca...
Daily Journal Staff Writer SAN FRANCISCO - In the summer of 2002, Dennis Cyrus Jr. allegedly shot four people, killing three and seriously injuring another as part of a gang-related "killing spree," according to a federal prosecutor. For those alleged crimes, Cyrus is now at the center of the first death penalty case in decades in the Northern District of California, where the federal prosecutor gave opening statements in Cyrus' ca...
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