California
A man who was twice sentenced to death for killing a Garden Grove police officer nearly 40 years ago died at San Quentin State Prison on Sunday, authorities said.
July 9, 2019
Courts: Request was deemed his best hope of avoiding execution Tuesday for two murders in Garden Grove.
Nov. 14, 1998
Court: Prosecutors file appeal to overturn decision on double murderer. San Quentin remains on standby.
Nov. 17, 1998
Crime: Prosecutors are appealing decision in O.C. murder case to U.S. high court. San Quentin remains on standby.
Wouldn’t it be nice if all those people against the death penalty who were outside the San Quentin walls carrying signs saying, “Thou Shalt Not Kill,” etc., made an effort to do the same thing in certain parts of Los Angeles, Santa Ana and other areas where gangland and drive-by killings are so prevalent?
April 26, 1992
Death penalty: Most Californians support prison without parole if murderers work and give money to victims’ families.
Dec. 6, 1998
World & Nation
Jaturun “Jay” Siripongs, the former Buddhist monk who killed a Garden Grove market owner and a clerk in 1981, died by lethal injection early today, marking California’s sixth execution since it reinstated the death penalty 20 years ago.
Feb. 9, 1999
WAITING LONGER: Ten years ago this week, a judge sentenced the first of 22 Orange County men now on San Quentin’s Death Row.
March 1, 1992
John George Brown’s first conviction was overturned in the 1980 shooting of a Garden Grove police officer.
Jan. 3, 2000
Real Estate
Here’s a unique spot in film history.
March 13, 2018