Law Practice,
Judges and Judiciary,
Criminal
Sep. 25, 2017
Orange County’s worst murderer sentenced to life in prison
The judge who prevented the death penalty for the killer said a jury would likely have imposed it.
SANTA ANA — The judge who dismissed the death penalty against Orange County’s deadliest mass murderer said Friday he took no joy in the decision but that the killer won nothing as he heads to a California maximum-security prisons.
“I have visited those prisons. I’ve seen the conditions. I assure you he is not going to spend the rest of his life in a country club,” Orange County Superior Court Judge Thomas M. Goethals said of Scott Ev...
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