CALIFORNIA KILLERS CASE BACK BEFORE SUPREME COURT
November 2, 2009
Fernando Belmontes was sentenced to death in 1982 for murdering a 19-year-old woman. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned his sentence three times. The Supreme Court is considering, for the third time, the case of a California murderer who was sentenced to die in 1982 for the brutal killing of a young woman.
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