State. He vaded capture for decades. Good evening and thank you so much for joining us. Im dion lim. And im dan ashley. Prosecutors say todays plea deal brings justice for those who have waited for one of the states most notorious killers to be sentenced. Abc7 News Reporter Laura Anthony was in sacramento for the court hearing, and joins us live. Laura, this day certainly a Long Time Coming for so many families. It is, dan. The level of detail, the brutality in the details we heard inside what was a courtroom here at sac state today was stunning. Joseph deangelo with his admissions and his pleas confirmed that he is in fact the golden state killer. He avoids the death penalty. And while he looked and sounded frail, the level of evil in his acts was overwhelming. How do you plead, sir . Guilty. Its the word Joseph Deangelos many victims and their family members long to hear. The golden state killers unqualified admission of guilt to 13 firstdegree murders and dozens of rapes and other c
Other choice. Walk up to the car with my gun drawn looking for a shooter. Reporter michael lap the was the first prosecution witness today. Epps the mayor of Corte Madeira the own other of a wellknown ice cream a reserve police officer, he was first on the scene and recounted what simon told him. Protect my wife. I feared for my life. What was i supposed to do . Reporter dr. Simons lawyer tells me the d. A. Has helped his case and that he will argue when the hearing continues tomorrow. Simon feared for his life and fired his gun in selfdefense. I will be there and tell if you this case does go to trial. Thanks very much. Well abc7 news has learned new information about a Police Shooting in San Francisco last night that seems to support claims that the victim wanted to be killed by officers. This is a letter apparently written by 32yearold Matthew Hoffman explaining what he was planning to do. Abc7 News Reporter vic lee was the first to report on the contents of the letter earlier today
Had to shoot a man who followed him home after a road rage incident. Good evening, thank you for joining us. The 911 recordings of this incident were played in court today at a preliminary hearing. Abc7 news i Team Reporter dan noise has been following this case. He is here tonight with that story. Dan . Alma and dan, at todays hearing, it was the prosecution that interdeuced the 911 calls dr. James simon made but may wind up helping the defense even more. July 17th of last year dr. James simon calls for help. The recordings introduced at todays preliminary hearing by the marin County District attorney give us the clearest picture so far, what happened that morning, how 69yearold man wound up with two bullets in his left abdomen. He told an officer who rode in the plans with him that dr. Simon in his red smart car cut him off where Paradise Drive merges into one lane in corte madera and simon hit his brakes. That upset the man who followed simon home. Reporter after that warning shot s
People pour in from various unions and labor activists here. Ill show you the scene behind me as they are rallying on the uc Berkeley Campus and as you mentioned the fight for 15 is an effort to get the minimum wage increase and typically when we talk about minimum wage stories were talking restaurant workers, but this fight for 15 also includes child care workers, cashiers and many more lowwage workers. The other component of their fight is unionizing and im joined by one of the organizers, mary kay with sciu. What kind of difference would unionizing make for the folks behind me. Workers need a seat at the table with multinational corporations like mcdonalds and walmart in order to make sure they have schedules and hours when they raise their wages and a good job is if they can negotiate over skedchedules and get pay for sick time and they can fight for retirement and health care for everyone in this country and thats why were so proud to get the union. Thank you, mary kay. Its a comp
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