16 November 2016 :

A Contra Costa County jury sentenced Darnell Washington, 27, Black, to death. He was convicted in September of murdering Susie Ko, 55, in October 2012 following his escape from jail and resulting crime spree up the state. Washington broke into her home, stabbed her to death and made off with her car. Washington had escaped from a San Bernardino County jail weeks earlier as he was awaiting robbery charges. Washington will become California's 750th death row inmate currently awaiting execution.