After 23 years and five governors, former death row inmate Randy Steidl had pretty much abandoned his long-sought goal of obtaining a gubernatorial pardon based on “innocence.”
Six “members and associates” of the O Block gang faction face trial Tuesday in a case likely to show gang-rap links that are painstakingly documented in fringe blogs, YouTube pages and online forums.
Convicted of offering to bomb U.S. buildings for $2 million, ordering murder of a rival drug dealer, the El Rukn founder was denied release under legislation allowing judges to consider early release for aging inmates.