California
A federal judge has thrown out the death penalty for a convicted Ventura County killer and rapist who spent the last 14 years on Death Row.
Aug. 29, 1995
The worker who died when he touched a live wire and fell 25 feet at an aerospace plant Monday has been identified as Guy Roberts, 41, of San Juan Capistrano.
Oct. 8, 1997
State officials said Wednesday they will ask a federal appeals court to put Robert Cruz McClain back on Death Row.
Aug. 31, 1995
A judge Wednesday agreed to delay setting a new death-penalty trial for Robert Cruz McClain until next week in the hope that a federal appeals court would order the convicted killer back to San Quentin prison, absolving Ventura County of any responsibility in the case for now.
Sept. 7, 1995
L.A. County deputy, whose wife was also assaulted, is held.
Oct. 1, 2008
Prosecutors say he ordered his wife to castrate her lover, then attacked both of them.
Oct. 2, 2008
A 45-year-old man was arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a East San Diego man Saturday, police said.
March 19, 1989
A former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy charged with sexually abusing and torturing his wife and her younger suitor appeared briefly Thursday in a Newport Beach court where he was ordered held on $5- million bail pending an Oct. 17 arraignment.
Oct. 3, 2008
He allegedly stabs a man he suspected of having an affair with his wife, who is hurt.
Sept. 30, 2008
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Feb. 5, 1988