Officer Burt
Hung Thanh Mai
Summary of Offense:
Received the death penalty in Orange County on June 23, 2000 for the unprovoked shooting in the head and neck of California Highway Patrol officer Donald Burt, Jr. during a traffic stop on July 13, 1996. Mai told jurors during his trial he deserved to die for what he had done, and he told his attorney he wanted to waive his appeal. But he also said to Burt's family, "I'd do it again". He was earlier sentenced to 24 years in federal prison for conspiring from jail to solicit the murder of a witness.
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