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    Virendra Govin - California




    Facts of the Crime:

    Govin was sentenced to death in Los Angeles County on December 21, 2004. On May 4, 2002, Govin, along with his brother, Pravin, and Carlos Amador, went to Gita Kumar’s house. Govin and his cohorts strangled Kumar, Kumar’s 18-year-old son Plara Kumar, Kumar’s 16-year-old daughter Tulsi Kumar, and Kumar’s mother-in-law Sitaben Patel. They then set Kumar’s home on fire. The murders were over a business rivalry with Kumar. Govin’s cohort, Amador, admitted to the murders and testified against Govin and Govin’s brother, Pravin, who was also sentenced to death.

    For more on Pravin Govin, see: http://www.cncpunishment.com/forums/...rnia-Death-Row

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    Govin's direct appeal has been fully briefed before the California Supreme Court since February 20, 2014.

    http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.g...doc_no=S130524

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    2 California death row inmates found dead inside their cells in possible suicides

    By Nicole Darrah
    Fox News

    Two inmates on California's death row were found dead over the weekend in incidents that officials are investigating as a pair of suicides.

    Andrew Urdiales, 54, and Virendra Govin, 51, were found unresponsive at the San Quentin State Prison on Friday and Sunday, respectively.

    Urdiales — who was pronounced dead early Saturday and had been on death row since Oct. 12 — was sentenced to death on Oct. 5 by a jury in Orange County for killing five women in California. He previously faced the death penalty for three murders in Illinois. Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan commuted his sentence to life in prison in 2011 after capital punishment was outlawed in that state.

    Urdiales was discharged from the U.S. military in 1991 but committed his California murders while he was stationed at various Marine Corps facilities in Southern California.

    Govin, found unresponsive and alone in his cell in a separate death row housing unit on Sunday, was sentenced in December 2004 for committing four Los Angeles County murders, then setting the victims' family home on fire.

    Govin arrived on death row in January 2005. His brother, Pravin, has been on death row since September 2005.

    There is no indication that the deaths of Govin and Urdiales are related, officials said on Monday.

    California has not executed anyone since 2006 and inmates are far more likely to die from suicide — there have been 25 since 1978 when California reinstated capital punishment — or old age, of which there have been 79 deaths.

    There are currently 740 offenders on California's death row.

    The Associated Press contributed to this report.

    https://www.foxnews.com/us/2-califor...sible-suicides
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