Scott Dekraai trial
Orange County district attorney Chief of Staff Susan Kang Schroeder, left, Assistant Dist. Atty. Dan Wagner, Senior Deputy Dist. Atty. Scott Simmons and Deputy Dist. Atty. Howard Gundy speak to the media after Judge Thomas Goethals removed their office from the case against Scott Dekraai. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Scott Dekraai pleaded guilty to eight counts of first-degree murder for gunning down his wife and seven others in a salon in Seal Beach. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Paul Wilson, husband of victim Christy Wilson. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Bethany Webb, sister of shooting victim Laura Elody, hugs Paul Wilson, who lost his wife in the rampage, after addressing the media on March 12. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Public defender Scott Sanders, right, argues that his client, Scott Dekraai, left, should be spared the death penalty, in part because of the mishandling of his case by the O.C. district attorney’s office. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Photos of the eight people killed at a Seal Beach salon in 2011 are displayed on a poster as members of the Orange County district attorney’s office addresses the media on March 12. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)