Criminal
Feb. 13, 2017
OC judge says next hearing in mass murder case may result in dismissal of death penalty
Orange County Superior Court Judge Thomas M. Goethals on Friday ordered a hearing regarding the ongoing jail informant controversy that he said could result in him dismissing the death penalty against confessed Seal Beach mass murderer Scott E. Dekraai
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SANTA ANA — Orange County Superior Court Judge Thomas M. Goethals on Friday ordered a hearing regarding the ongoing jail informant controversy that he said could result in him dismissing the death penalty against confessed Seal Beach mass murderer Scott E. Dekraai.
"I regard that as the nuclear sanction," Goethals said, adding that "years of discovery abuse" ha...
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