Title: 'Grim Sleeper' serial killer Lonnie Franklin dies on death row - Los Angeles Times
Headings: ‘Grim Sleeper’ serial killer Lonnie Franklin dies on death row at San Quentin
‘Grim Sleeper’ serial killer Lonnie Franklin dies on death row at San Quentin
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Content: He criticized prosecutors’ choice to seek the death penalty against his late client and suggested those resources would have been better “utilized to uplift young girls of color like Franklin’s victims.” But, he said, “As Lonnie Franklin’s attorney, I completely respect the jury’s determination that he was guilty of the most heinous crimes. And to the victims’ families, I sincerely hope that the end of Franklin’s life brings some peace into theirs.” Advertisement
Franklin’s death while awaiting execution is not unusual for California’s condemned inmates. Only 13 inmates have been executed in the state since capital punishment was reinstituted in 1978, with dozens of others dying of natural causes or suicide; in some cases, including Franklin’s, the cause of death remains under investigation. There are 727 inmates currently on death row. California
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