Luis Robert Maciel
Facts of the Crime:
On April 22, 1995, a former Mexican Mafia member and his family were murdered for his decision 12 years earlier to leave the group in violation of a gang code. The victims were Anthony Morena, 42, Morena's sister, Maria, 38; her son, Ambrose Padilla Jr., 6 months; her daughter, Laura, 5; and a friend Gus "Tito" Aguirre, 36. One child survived by hiding under a pile of debris.
The gunmen, Richard Anthony Valdez, of West Covina and Jimmy Palma, of Arcadia, were sentenced to death in Los Angeles County on June 11, 1997, and another accomplice, Anthony Torres, of Alhambra, is serving life without opportunity for parole. Two others involved in the killings, Daniel Logan, of Pasadena and Jose Ortiz, of San Gabriel, are serving 129 years to life.
Luis Maciel, the man who had ordered the killings, was sentenced to death in Los Angeles County on May 8, 1998.
On October 15, 1997, Palma was stabbed to death while on death row. For more on Palma, see: http://www.cncpunishment.com/forums/...lma-California
For more on Valdez, see: http://www.cncpunishment.com/forums/...rnia-Death-Row
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