Golden State Killer sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole
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Peggy Frink, in fourth quadrant on the screen, reads a statement at the podium as Joseph James DeAngelo, in first quadrant, is in the court room during the first day of victim impact statements at the Gordon D. Schaber Sacramento County Courthouse on Tuesday, Aug. 18, in Sacramento, Calif. Frink, the second victim of the "East Area Rapist," recalled how she was 15 when DeAngelo broke into her family home and raped her repeatedly while her sister was tied up in another room. DeAngelo has admitted to 13 murders and nearly 50 rapes between 1975 and 1986.2/17
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Sandy James looks up from the podium as she makes her statement with Joseph James DeAngelo, known as the Golden State Killer, in the courtroom during the first day of victim impact statements Tuesday, Aug. 18, in Sacramento, Calif.3/17
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Dolly Kreis holds a photo of her daughter Debbie Strauss and shows it to Joseph James DeAngelo, known as the Golden State Killer, who did not look back, during the first day of victim impact statements Tuesday, Aug. 18, in Sacramento, Calif. DeAngelo will be formally sentenced to life in prison on Friday. Strauss, who was raped by DeAngelo in 1977, died from cancer in 2016.4/17
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Joseph James DeAngelo sits during the second day of victim impact statements at the Gordon D. Schaber Sacramento County Courthouse on Wednesday, Aug. 19, in Sacramento, Calif. Victims of California serial killer and rapist, want him in a maximum security prison far, far away if he can't spend the rest of his life on death row. In June, DeAngelo pleaded guilty to 13 murders and 13 rape-related charges between 1975 and 1986.5/17
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Gay Hardwick, left, is comforted by her spouse Bob Hardwick, center, and San Joaquin County's District Attorney Tori Verber Salazar during the second day of victim impact statements with Joseph James DeAngelo present at the Gordon D. Schaber Sacramento County Courthouse on Wednesday, Aug. 19, in Sacramento, Calif. Victims of the California serial killer and rapist, want him in a maximum security prison far, far away if he can't spend the rest of his life on death row. In June, DeAngelo pleaded guilty to 13 murders and 13 rape-related charges between 1975 and 1986.6/17
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Jane Carson-Sandler confronts Joseph James DeAngelo during the second day of victim impact statements at the Gordon D. Schaber Sacramento County Courthouse on Wednesday, Aug. 19, in Sacramento, Calif. Victims of California serial killer and rapist, DeAngelo want him in a maximum security prison far, far away if he can't spend the rest of his life on death row. But they may not hold much sway over where or how the 74-year-old former police officer is imprisoned once he is sentenced on Friday, Aug. 21.7/17
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Karen Smith, the aunt of Katie Maggiore, makes a statement as Joseph James DeAngelo is in the courtroom during the third day of victim impact statements at the Gordon D. Schaber Sacramento County Courthouse on Thursday, Aug. 20, in Sacramento, Calif. DeAngelo was known as the East Area Rapist by Feb. 2, 1978, when he fatally shot Katie Maggiore, 20, and Brian Maggiore, 21, as they walked their dog around their Rancho Cordova, Calif., neighborhood. DeAngelo pleaded guilty in June to 13 murders and 13 rape-related charges stemming from crimes in the 1970s and 1980s.8/17
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Lori Mendonca makes a statement as Joseph James DeAngelo is in the courtroom during the third day of victim impact statements at the Gordon D. Schaber Sacramento County Courthouse on Thursday, Aug. 20, in Sacramento, Calif. DeAngelo, 74, a former police officer in California before being identified as the Golden State Killer, will be formally sentenced to life in prison on Friday under a plea agreement that allows him to avoid the death sentence. He has admitted 13 murders and nearly 50 rapes between 1975 and 1986.9/17
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A photo of Claude Snelling, right, is projected on the screen as Claude's daughter Elizabeth Hupp makes a statement as Joseph James DeAngelo is in the courtroom during the third day of victim impact statements at the Gordon D. Schaber Sacramento County Courthouse on Thursday, Aug. 20, in Sacramento, Calif. DeAngelo shot Hupp's father Snelling in Visalia, Calif., in 1975. Snelling died thwarting DeAngelo's attempted kidnapping of his 16-year-old daughter, Hupp.10/17
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David Domingo makes a statement as Joseph James DeAngelo is in the courtroom during the third day of victim impact statements at the Gordon D. Schaber Sacramento County Courthouse on Thursday, Aug. 20, in Sacramento, Calif. DeAngelo, a former California police officer, has admitted to being the infamous Golden State Killer, committing 13 murders and nearly 50 rapes between 1975 and 1986. DeAngelo killed Domingo's mother, Cheri Domingo and Cheri's boyfriend Gregory Sanchez in July 1981.11/17
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Debbi McMullan, left, and Melanie Barbeau confront Joseph James DeAngelo at the Sacramento County Courthouse during the third day of victim impact statements on Thursday, Aug. 20, in Sacramento, Calif. DeAngelo, a former California police officer, has admitted to being the infamous Golden State Killer, committing 13 murders and nearly 50 rapes between 1975 and 1986. DeAngelo killed McMullan's mother, Cheri Domingo, and Domingo's boyfriend, Gregory Sanchez.12/17
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Joseph James DeAngelo, center, sits with public defenders Joseph Cress, left, and Diane Howard at his Sacramento County Superior Court sentencing hearing held at CSU Sacramento on Friday, Aug. 21, in Sacramento, Calif. DeAngelo, 74, will be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, under a plea agreement that allowed him to avoid the death sentence. DeAngelo, a California former police, admitted killing 13 people and raping nearly 50 people in the 1970s and 1980s.13/17
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Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer makes a statement prior to the sentencing of Joseph James DeAngelo in Sacramento Superior Court held at CSU Sacramento in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, Aug. 21. DeAngelo, a former California police officer who became known as the Golden State Killer told victims he’s “truly sorry” before he was sentenced to life imprisonment for a decade-long string of rapes and murders across a wide swath of California.14/17
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Joseph James DeAngelo, center, sits with public defenders Joseph Cress, left, and Diane Howard at his sentencing hearing in Sacramento County Superior Court held at CSU Sacramento on Friday, Aug. 21, in Sacramento, Calif. DeAngelo 74, will be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, under a plea agreement that allowed him to avoid the death sentence. The former California police officer admitted killing 13 people and raping nearly 50 people in the 1970s and 1980s.15/17
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Sacramento Superior Court Judge Michael G. Bowman sentences Joseph James DeAngelo in Sacramento Superior Court held at CSU Sacramento in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, Aug. 21. DeAngelo, 74, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, under a plea agreement that allowed him to avoid the death sentence. The California former police officer admitted killing 13 people and raping nearly 50 people in the 1970s and 1980s.16/17
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Sacramento Superior Court Judge Michael G. Bowman, left, sentences Joseph James DeAngelo, right, sitting between his public defenders, Joseph Cress and Diane Howard, in Sacramento Superior Court held at CSU Sacramento in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, Aug. 21. DeAngelo, 74, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, under a plea agreement that allowed him to avoid the death sentence. The California former police officer admitted killing 13 people and raping nearly 50 people in the 1970s and 1980s.17/17
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Joseph James DeAngelo apologizes to his victims and the families of the victims he killed more than four decades ago during his sentencing hearing in Sacramento County Superior Court held at CSU Sacramento, Friday, Aug. 21, in Sacramento, Calif. DeAngelo, 74, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, under a plea agreement that allowed him to avoid the death sentence. The California former police officer admitted killing 13 people and raping nearly 50 people in the 1970s and 1980s.
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