Execution Set for Inmate Who Hired a Hit Man
An execution date was set Friday for a Fresno crime ring leader who ordered killings from Folsom State Prison while serving time for murder.
Clarence Ray Allen, 75, is to die Jan. 17 by lethal injection at San Quentin State Prison. The U.S. Supreme Court last month declined to hear his final legal challenge 25 years after a hit man he hired murdered three people at a Fresno market.
Allen had the trio killed because he feared they would hurt his murder appeal.
The inmate suffered a heart attack in September, underwent surgery and is recovering.
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