Aug. 28
CALIFORNIA:
Killer's death penalty tossedD.A., defense agree man in '80 Healdsburg
slaying is mentally deficient, ineligible for execution
A man convicted in one of Sonoma County's more notorious crimes has been
spared the death penalty after 27 years on death row.
On Wednesd
Aug. 28
TEXAS:
Attorneys ask to move up inmate Hood's hearing, set for after execution
A state district judge has scheduled a hearing on whether to require
depositions from the judge and prosecutor in the Charles Dean Hood death
penalty trial, but the hearing is set for 2 days after his
