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Criminal

Apr. 14, 2016

Final pitches made in gruesome OC murder-for-hire trial

The fate of a felon accused of targeting U.S. District Judge Andrew Guilford, two assistant U.S. attorneys and two FBI special agents in an Orange County murder-for-hire plot involving a woodchipper is now in the hands of a jury.

By Meghann Cuniff
Daily Journal Staff Writer

The fate of a felon accused of targeting U.S. District Judge Andrew Guilford, two assistant U.S. attorneys and two FBI special agents in an Orange County murder-for-hire plot involving a woodchipper is in the hands of a jury after lawyers on Tuesday portrayed the defendant as either a cunning, diabolical man focused on revenge or an insane person whose mental illness made him a ripe target for pris...

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