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Supreme Court unanimously affirms death penalty for 30-year-old killing

February 22, 2016

The Supreme Court today affirms the death penalty in People v. Masters.  The defendant was convicted of the 1985 murder of a San Quentin prison guard.  The court’s opinion is written by Justice Goodwin Liu.

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