An Orange County, California, judge has ruled the state's death penalty unconstitutional. U.S. District Court Judge Cormac J. Carney says California's death penalty inflicts cruel and unusual punishment, not because state-sanctioned killing of captive convicts is abhorrent, but because California…
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In 1986, Dallas R. Krausch was convicted of sexual contact with a twelve-year-old female. For this heinous crime, Krausch now lives with the following restrictions on his liberty: His name, photograph, and address are listed on the state sex offender…