CA CA - Onion Fields Killer Denied Parole

[Vegas Bride]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100128...VjA3luX3RvcF9zdG9yaWVzBHNsawNvbmlvbmZpZWxka2k-

This murder was one of the very first I remember. I'm glad he's not getting out. Saying he'd dying of cancer does not mean he should be free.

VB

 

[Filly]

Indeed VB. Thank you for posting this.

Why hasn't this rotted yet?

 

[Reader]

'Onion Field' killer dies in prison

http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/13/us/california-onion-field-killer/index.html?hpt=hp_bn1

(CNN) -- The infamous "Onion Field" cop killer whose 1963 crime was chronicled in a best-selling book and a movie has died, officials said Monday. He was 79.

Gregory Powell died Sunday at the California Medical Facility, a prison in Vacaville, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said in a statement.

In October, Powell was denied compassionate release, all but guaranteeing he would die behind bars.