Jury urges death penalty for sex offender who killed 4 women
SANTA ANA, Calif. — Jurors on Wednesday recommended a death sentence for a California sex offender who abducted and killed four women over six months while wearing an electronic monitoring device.
A judge will make the final decision Feb. 3 after a jury said Steven Dean Gordon, 47, should face capital punishment for his crimes.
The recommendation came a few minutes after Orange County Superior Court Judge Patrick Donahue considered dismissing a juror who told colleagues during deliberations that she could not vote for the death penalty.
After interviewing the woman, Donahue indicated that he believed she was not heeding her promise to deliberate based on the evidence.