Todd Givens
Facts of the Crime:
On April 1, 2001, husband and wife Todd and Lacey Givens murdered siblings Barry and Patreace Holstone. Todd shot Barry several times and when he ran out of bullets he stabbed Barry with a sickle. Lacey shot Patreace in the head. The Givens then disposed of the bodies in an olive orchard and set the car on fire to keep others from identifying the bodies. The prosecution argued Todd was part of a Nazi Low Rider prison gang, and the gang wanted Barry killed. Todd argued he acted alone and killed the Holstones in self-defense. Todd represented himself during the trial.
Givens was sentenced to death in Tulare County on July 6, 2004.
NOTE: He was also involved in a yard stabbing on August 28, 2006 of fellow death-row inmate Curtis Price who was stabbed in his face, neck and head. Price was choked and stabbed by Givens and two other inhabitants of death row: David Anthony Breaux and Christopher Poore.
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