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Notorious L.A. gang boss has death penalty convictions for string of killings overturned
Atwater Village gang boss Timothy McGhee’s first-degree murder convictions were tossed out by the California Supreme Court ...
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California Supreme Court reverses murder convictions of notorious Atwater Village gang boss
The convictions and death sentence of the one-time leader of an Atwater Village street gang, who police believed committed at ...
'Basically, he's a monster': Man who 'seemed to enjoy killing' gets conviction and death sentence overturned in triple-murder case by state Supreme Court
A notorious gang leader from Los Angeles who has been accused and linked to nine separate murders — three that he was found ...
A rare decision: California Supreme Court tosses murder conviction with death sentence
The California Supreme Court reversed a Los Angeles gang leader’s three murder convictions and death sentence Thursday, saying the trial judge had wrongly dismissed a holdout juror. It was the first ...
LA gang leader’s conviction and death sentence overturned in triple-murder case
Timothy McGhee was sentenced to death in 2009 for the murders of three people on rival turf between 1997 and 2001.
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California Supreme Court reverses murder convictions of Los Angeles gang boss
Timothy McGhee was found guilty in 2007 of three murders and four attempted murders and is currently listed as a "condemned" inmate at Kern Valley State Prison. The Supreme Court ruled the trial ...
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Notorious L.A. gang boss has death penalty convictions for string of killings overturned
A January 2009 photo of gang member and convicted murderer Timothy McGhee during sentencing with his attorney, Franklin Peters Jr., in Los Angeles. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) The ...