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    Ronald Lee Bell, Jr. - California







    Facts of the Crime:

    On February 2, 1978, Bell shot and killed Raymond Murphy, the manager of Wolff's Jewelry Store in Richmond, during a holdup. He fled with $30,000 in cash and jewelry.

    Bell was sentenced to death in Contra Costa County on March 2, 1979.

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    The California Supreme Court affirmed Bell's convictions and death sentence on automatic appeal (People v. Bell (1989) 49 Cal.3d 502, 262 Cal.Rptr. 1, 778 P.2d 129) and denied previous petitions for writs of habeas corpus in 1990 and 1995.

    A third petition was filed on April 2, 2002 and denied by the California Supreme Court on November 15, 2007.

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    On April 12, 1991, Bell filed a habeas petition in Federal District Court.

    http://dockets.justia.com/docket/cal...v20615/170599/

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    Diagnosis

    Advanced dementia

    Competence

    Prison medical reports since 2010 describe Bell, 67, as confined to a hospital bed in diapers, unable to communicate or follow simple commands. His prognosis is poor.

    Legal

    Bell’s 1991 federal appeal alleging innocence and mistaken identity was fully briefed in 2001 yet remains undecided, with no progress since court-ordered settlement talks in 2013.

    http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-ln-death-row-20/

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    Bell’s 1991 federal appeal alleging innocence and mistaken identity was fully briefed in 2001 yet remains undecided

    That is absolutely disgraceful.
    Last edited by JLR; 06-06-2016 at 11:40 AM.

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    Richmond Killer Among 2 Inmates Found Dead In Cells At NorCal Prison

    By CBS San Fransisco

    CORCORAN (CBS SF) — Two convicted murderers were found dead in their cells within hours of each other at a Northern California prison, one murdered by his cellmate, corrections officials said.

    Ronald Bell, 69, was found unresponsive in his cell at California State Prison-Corcoran on Friday evening. Emergency lifesaving measures were started immediately, but Bell was pronounced dead at 7:04 p.m.

    Officials said Bell’s cause of death has yet to be determined.

    Since 1978, when California reinstated capital punishment, 79 condemned inmates have died from natural causes, 26 have committed suicide, 13 have been executed in California, one was executed in Missouri, one was executed in Virginia, 11 have died from other causes and four – including Bell – are pending a cause of death.

    There are currently 737 offenders on California’s death row.

    https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/20...-state-prison/
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