Tag: serial-killer
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San Quentin (Part Two)
Life on the Row Death row prisoners are stripped of nearly every freedom while waiting to die. Life is a bleak existence marked by isolation, exclusion from educational and employment programs, restricted visitation, and the ever-looming possibility of execution. Solitary Confinement: Richard spent most of his time alone in a small cell, with limited social…
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The Petersen Incident
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. ” – Martin Luther King Jr. Prosecutor Philip Halpin managed to convince a jury that Richard Ramirez attacked Virginia and Christopher Petersen in their home in Northridge on the 6th of August 1985. What does the evidence from that night tell us? The Petersens lived in Northridge,…