The Region : Death Sentence Confirmation Sought

The state attorney general’s office filed a brief asking the state Supreme Court to expedite its decision in the case of Theodore F. Frank, sentenced to death more than 5 years ago for the torture-murder of a 2-year-old Camarillo girl. Oral arguments in the case were heard by the high court three years ago. The brief said the passage of so much time could cast “an unfair burden on memories of witnesses and the prosecution and defense,” if retrial were ordered and noted that the high court has reversed 29 of 32 capital cases to reach it since 1977.