Entries tagged with “Orange County, California”
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Dec 28, 2016
OUTLIER COUNTIES: Orange County, California Plagued by Misconduct Scandals
Orange County, California imposed nine death sentences between 2010 and 2015, more than 99.8% of American counties, and ranking it among the 6 most prolific death-sentencing counties in the country…
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Sep 10, 2015
Southern California Tops Deep South in New Death Sentences Amid Mounting Evidence of Misconduct
Riverside County, California is“the buckle of a new Death Belt,” says Professor Robert J. Smith of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, producing 7 death sentences in the first half of 2015. This, Smith says, is“more than California’s other 57 counties combined, more than any other state, and more than the whole Deep…