March 12, 2009
U.S. Attorney General Agrees To Seek Death Penalty Against Valley Inmates
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has given prosecutors the go-ahead to seek the death penalty against two inmates, accused of killing a North Valley correctional officer.
Jose Sablan and James Guerrero are accused of killing 22-year-old officer Jose Rivera in June at a federal penitentiary in Atwater. The men allegedley stabbed Rivera to death in a housing part of the prison.
Rivera had been a federal correctional officer for less than a year at the time of his death…
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