Posts Tagged ‘death penalty’
Shooter, prosecutor make final arguments in death penalty sentencing trial
Whether Nathan Burris, who shot and killed Deborah Ann Ross and Ersie Everette Jr. at the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge toll plaza in 2009, will get the death penalty or life in prison is now in the hands of a jury. The same jury last week convicted Burris of two counts of first degree murder, with…
Read MoreCounty votes with state on most Props, differs on death penalty
Contra Costa voters generally sided with the rest of California Tuesday night, voting in favor of successful measures to harshen penalties against human traffickers and soften the Three Strikes law, while rejecting a genetically engineered food labeling bill and a proposition that would limit campaign contributions from unions and corporations.
Read MoreProp 34 may affect double homicide trial in Martinez
When California citizens vote next week on Proposition 34, they could be holding the life of accused murderer Nathaniel Burris in their hands. Prosecutors have said they will seek the death penalty against Burris, whose high-profile trial for a 2009 double-homicide at the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge started in Martinez this week. Prop 34, which would…
Read MoreRichmond icon steps into history at Oxford debate
Long time anti-death penalty advocate Barbara Becnel represented her point of view with a triumphal debate at Oxford Union.
Read MoreBecnel to headline anti-death penalty event in Richmond
With controversy over California’s use of capital punishment intensifying, anti-death penalty activists are looking to expand their outreach statewide – including into Richmond.
Read MoreA Richmond activist fights gangs and governors
It’s not hard to imagine how Barbara Becnel charmed her way into spending more than 12 hours a day with Los Angeles gangsters for a year and a half. Or befriended a former gangster on death row for murder. Or ran for governor of California.
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