June 27
CALIFORNIA:
Widow pleads for death penaltyShe says home is cold and silent after
husband, 2 sons slain in S.F.
Danielle Bologna can't go back home.
Just a week ago, her 2-story house on a quiet street in San Francisco's
Excelsior district was a bustling place, crammed with spo
April 28
CALIFORNIA:
Redlands man gets death penalty in '03 Riverside slaying
The slaying of a retired Riverside professor was so heinous that the
killer deserves the death penalty even though he is mentally ill, a
Superior Court judge ruled Friday.
Johnathon Ross Luther, of Redlands, wa
June 3
CALIFORNIA:
Alcala pleads not guilty to 5 murdersHe is suspected of killing a
12-year-old O.C. girl in 1979.
Rodney James Alcala, a former death-row inmate whose 2 convictions for
killing a 12-year-old Huntington Beach girl in 1979 were both reversed,
again pleaded not guilty i
Feb. 19
CALIFORNIA:
Death Penalty Will Be Sought in Guard's Death
The San Bernardino County district attorney announced Friday that he would
seek the death penalty against the inmate who allegedly killed a Chino
prison correctional officer in January.
Inmate Jon Christopher Blaylock, 35,
death penalty news
August 11, 2004
CALIFORNIA:
Date, place of Wesson's death penalty trial to be decided
A Fresno County judge decided to hear arguments about a proposed delay and
a change of venue in murder suspect Marcus Wesson's trial on Aug. 20,
following a discussion in court Wednesday.