Ethics/Professional Responsibility,
Criminal
Aug. 11, 2017
Unprecedented evidence hearing in capital case ends, leaves decision to OC judge
The prosecutor argued that problems have been exposed, but the law doesn’t support removing the death penalty for a mass murderer.
MURPHY
SANTA ANA — A deputy attorney general assigned to an unprecedented evidence hearing in an Orange County capital case told the judge Thursday that while problems have been exposed, the law doesn’t support the removal of the death penalty.
In his closing argument, Michael T. Murphy said nothing in the nearly three-month hearing indicates evidence favorable to Seal Beach mass murderer Scott Dekraai is being withheld from his attorneys, ...
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