There will be no death penalty in OCDA’s botched Scott Dekraai mass murder case

Orange County’s worst mass murderer will be spared the death penalty, Superior Court Judge Thomas Goethals ruled Friday. Arguing that prosecutors have been “unable or unwilling” to comply with lawful orders to turn over evidence about on the use of informants in Orange County jails, Goethals concluded it was necessary to take the death penalty off the table.
While not completely surprising, given the numerous court rulings and reports about how the Orange County District Attorn