A rare decision: California Supreme Court tosses murder conviction with death sentence
The California Supreme Court reversed a Los Angeles gang leader’s three murder convictions and death sentence Thursday, saying the trial judge had wrongly dismissed a holdout juror. It was the first ...
Death penalty conviction for notorious L.A. gang killer overturned by state’s high court
Infamous Atwater Village gang boss Timothy McGhee’s first-degree murder convictions were tossed out by the California Supreme ...
Claremont Courier5hOpinion
viewpoint: the death penalty is absurd
The death penalty is riddled with hypocrisy. It attempts to punish murder through another act of murder. And the state’s ...
Letters to the Editor: 'Some crimes are just so heartless and inhumane that life in prison doesn't seem like enough of a punishment'
A reader is in favor of Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman's decision to seek the death penalty in special circumstances that ...