Criminal
Dec. 20, 2014
After Supreme Court ruling, prosecutors change tune in Ventura murder case
A week after the Supreme Court ruled a trial judge should have considered arguments for disqualifying a prosecutor in a high-profile Ventura County murder case, the district attorney's office ended its push for the death penalty.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A week after the state's highest court ruled a trial judge should have considered evidence for disqualifying a prosecutor in a high-profile Ventura County murder case, the district attorney's office ended its push for the death penalty Thursday and accepted a plea bargain for life without the possibility of parole.
Joshua Graham Packer, accused of killing Ventura couple Davina and Brock Husted ...
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