CA High Court Denies Killer's Appeal: The California Supreme Court has refused to hear the appeal of a man convicted of murdering a woman during a botched robbery attempt in 2009. City News Service reports that attorneys for convicted killer Michael Bonfiglio appealed their client's life sentence based on the claim that there wasn't enough evidence to support the special circumstance allegation that the victim was killed during a robbery-which in California, results in an automatic life sentence. Bonfiglio, along with two other men, shot the young woman to death in order to steal her laptop. All three men were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Prop 47 to Blame for Recent Crime Increase: Law enforcement officials in Fresno, CA believe that the recent increase in crime in their county is a direct response to last November's passage of Proposition 47, which reclassified several property and drug crimes from felonies to misdemeanors. John Ellis of the Fresno Bee reports that prior to the passage of Prop 47, auto theft was down 26% in Fresno County, it has since increased by 7.8% in November and 9.8% in December, a trend that is worrisome to law enforcement officials. Along with auto theft, rates of burglary and other property crime in Fresno County have also seen a recent increase.
FL, OK set to Execute Convicted Killers: Two condemned killers, one in Florida and the other in Oklahoma, are scheduled for execution this evening after spending decades on death row. Jon Herskovitz and Bill Cotterell of Reuters report that Florida inmate, 42-year-old Johnny Kormondy, was sentenced to death in 1993 for murdering a banker and sexually assaulting the man's wife during a home invasion. Oklahoma's death row inmate, Charles Warner, will be executed for the rape and murder of a young child.
Prop 47 to Blame for Recent Crime Increase: Law enforcement officials in Fresno, CA believe that the recent increase in crime in their county is a direct response to last November's passage of Proposition 47, which reclassified several property and drug crimes from felonies to misdemeanors. John Ellis of the Fresno Bee reports that prior to the passage of Prop 47, auto theft was down 26% in Fresno County, it has since increased by 7.8% in November and 9.8% in December, a trend that is worrisome to law enforcement officials. Along with auto theft, rates of burglary and other property crime in Fresno County have also seen a recent increase.
FL, OK set to Execute Convicted Killers: Two condemned killers, one in Florida and the other in Oklahoma, are scheduled for execution this evening after spending decades on death row. Jon Herskovitz and Bill Cotterell of Reuters report that Florida inmate, 42-year-old Johnny Kormondy, was sentenced to death in 1993 for murdering a banker and sexually assaulting the man's wife during a home invasion. Oklahoma's death row inmate, Charles Warner, will be executed for the rape and murder of a young child.
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