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Santa Clara County DA no longer seeking death penalty as part of justice reform plan
Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen announced Wednesday that he will no longer seek the death penalty, the first in a series of reforms his office is implementing...Read More
Fatal BART stabbing suspect ‘malingering’ about mental incompetence, judge says
A judge said on Monday that there are indications that a transient man is malingering to avoid standing trial on a murder charge for the fatal stabbing of 18-year-old...Read More
Newsom orders halt to California death penalty
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday signed an executive order that effectively ends the death penalty in the state.Read More
Pair of San Quentin death row suicides unrelated, officials say
State corrections officials don't believe the deaths of two inmates who likely committed suicide at San Quentin State Prison this past weekend are related.Read More
Alleged MS-13 members charged with murder
A dozen alleged members of an MS-13 gang in Santa Cruz have been accused in a revised indictment by a federal grand jury in San Jose.Read More
Media sue state over execution viewing
Three media organizations sued California corrections officials in federal court in San Francisco Thursday, seeking the right for witnesses, including reporters, to view the entire procedure of an execution.Read More
Sierra LaMar’s killer avoids death sentence
A Santa Clara County Superior Court jury Monday imposed a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole for Antolin Garcia-Torres.Read More
Sierra LaMar family reacts to guilty verdict
Antolin Garcia-Torres was found guilty in San Jose Tuesday morning for the first-degree murder of 15-year-old Sierra LaMar in 2012.Read More
Jury deliberates in Sierra LaMar murder trial
Jury deliberations began Thursday morning in the trial of a Morgan Hill man accused of the murder of Sierra LaMar.Read More
Defense offers closing arguments in Sierra LaMar trial
A defense attorney for the man charged with the 2012 murder of 15-year-old Sierra LaMar gave his closing argument in a San Jose courtroom Wednesday.Read More
Suspect charged in 1998 murder of 13-year-old
Charges were filed Friday against an inmate long suspected in the murder of a 13-year-old girl who went missing in Fort Ord in 1998.Read More
Transients plead guilty in pair of 2015 murders
Two defendants pleaded guilty in Marin County Superior Court Monday to killing a Canadian tourist in Golden Gate Park and a Marin County therapist in a Marin County park...Read More
Conviction upheld in MS-13 gang leader’s slaying
A federal appeals court in San Francisco Monday rejected a Norteño gang member's challenge to his second-degree murder conviction for the fatal shooting of the head of a rival...Read More
Jury recommends death for Oakland child-killer
A jury today recommended the death penalty for an Oakland man who was convicted of murdering an 8-year-old girl and a 22-year-old man in separate incidents.Read More
Accused child-killers transferred to Monterey County
A woman and a teenage boy charged with the deaths of two children and abuse of a third child in Salinas are scheduled for arraignment Friday.Read More
Court upholds California death penalty
California's death penalty was left in place by a federal appeals court in San Francisco Thursday.Read More
‘Shrimp Boy’ Chow indicted on murder charges
Chinatown association leader Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow has been indicted by a federal grand jury in San Francisco on new charges of participating in two murders.Read More
San Quentin death row inmate dies
San Quentin State Prison death row inmate Michael Lee Elliot died Monday at a hospital, a prison spokesman said today.Read More
Death penalty judged unconstitutional
California's death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment because the system is "dysfunctional."Read More