Facts of the Crime:
Halvorsen was convicted of the 1985 murders of Vicente Perez and Calvin Ferguson, but the jury could not decide whether to put Halvorsen on death row. The rampage through Los Angeles County started on March 31, 1985, after Halvorsen had spent several hours drinking in a Long Beach bar. About 5 p.m., he drove to an acquaintance's house and shot the acquaintance's roommate.
He then drove to a trucking company where he used to work and murdered Perez and Ferguson. Witnesses testified that Ferguson had met Halvorsen a few times but that Halvorsen and Perez had never met. The jury could not decide how to punish him for killing Perez. A second jury later sentenced Halvorsen to death for that murder.
Halvorsen was originally sentenced to death in Los Angeles County on November 18, 1988.
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