2020-08-22T11:00:02+00:00

Joseph James DeAngelo, the Golden State Killer, sentenced to life

Sketch of the Original Night Stalker, right: mugshot of Joseph DeAngelo Credit: FBI, Sacramento Sheriff (Public Domain)

Joseph James DeAngelo, the former police known as the Golden State Killer, was sentenced Friday to life without possibility of parole.

DeAngelo, that pleaded guilty to 13 murders and 13 rape-related charges, but also admitted to dozen more crimes that were beyond the statute of limitations.

Sacramento Superior Court Judge Michael Bowman said: "When a person commits monstrous acts they need to be locked away where they could never harm another innocent person."

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