Today, August 7, 2006, the California Supreme Court affirmed the November 7, 1989 sentence of Richard Ramirez, the "Night Stalker." David Kravets of AP has this story on the case.

No, that is not a typo. This appeal was pending before the California Supreme Court for 16 years and 9 months. The docket is available here.

One might think that the State Senator from East L.A. would be outraged by this astonishing delay and would demand that something be done. Think again. Sen. Gloria Romero sits on the Senate Public Safety Committee and has consistently voted to kill every attempt to fix this problem while offering no solutions of her own.