USA - California. Hernan Rodriguez formally senenced to death

30 June 2020 :

A trial judge has accepted the January 29 (see) recommendation by a Tulare County jury to sentence Hernan Rodriguez to death. The death sentence is the 12th DPIC is aware of so far in 2020, and only the second since mid-March, when the coronavirus pandemic suspended most court proceedings in capital cases nationwide.

https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/capital-case-roundup-death-penalty-court-decisions-the-week-of-june-22-2020

https://abc30.com/hernan-rodriguez-dinuba-shooting-man-sentenced-to-death-penalty/6272666/

(Source: DPIC, 26/06/2020)

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