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    Richard Allen Benson - California








    Facts of the Crime:

    Convicted and sentenced to death in Santa Barbara County on April 30, 1987 for killing Laura Camargo and her three children: Sterling, 23 months, Shawna, 3, and Stephanie, 4, on January 5, 1986. Benson had molested Shawna and Stephanie over a two-day period before beating them to death with a hammer and a metal ring sizer.

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    On December 31, 1990, the California Supreme Court affirmed Benson's sentence on direct appeal.

    On June 24, 2003, Benson filed his state habeas petition.

    http://scocal.stanford.edu/opinion/p...v-benson-31017

    On May 17, 2006, his habeas petition was denied by the California Supreme Court.

    http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.g...doc_no=S116971

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    On February 28, 2013, Benson's habeas petition was denied in Federal District Court.

    http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal...363/74731/510/

    On April 9, 2013, Benson filed an appeal in the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

    http://dockets.justia.com/docket/cir.../ca9/13-99004/

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    On December 5, 2017, oral argument will be heard in Benson's appeal before the Ninth Circuit.

    https://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/calenda...=4-8&year=2017

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    Thirty years, and this poster child for the death penalty is still alive.

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    Benson's panel will be made up of Judges Callahan (G.W. Bush), Bea (G.W. Bush) and Murguia (Obama).

    https://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/calenda...=4-8&year=2017

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    RICHARD BENSON V. KEVIN CHAPPELL

    In today's opinions, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals AFFIRMED the district court’s denial of Benson’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus.
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    En banc rehearing denied November 20, 2020.

    Final petition for writ of certiorari filed April 16, 2021.

    https://www.supremecourt.gov/Search....c\20-7813.html
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    Death row inmate from San Luis Obispo County dies in prison

    By Katherine Worsham
    KSBY News

    Death row inmate Richard Allen Benson was found dead in his cell at San Quentin State Prison on Monday, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR).

    Officials say Benson, 74, did not have a cellmate and foul play is not suspected in his death, the cause of which will be determined by the Marin County Coroner.

    In 1987, Benson was sentenced to death for four counts of first-degree murder for the 1986 deaths of Laura Camargo and her three children.

    Benson raped and beat Laura and suffocated her two-year-old son, then spent 30 hours sexually assaulting her two young daughters before also beating them to death and setting the family's Nipomo house on fire.

    https://www.ksby.com/news/local-news...dies-in-prison
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    Quote Originally Posted by Derrick Jensen View Post
    Thirty years, and this poster child for the death penalty is still alive.
    He's a monster and I'm glad he's dead.
    "I realize this may sound harsh, but as a father and former lawman, I really don't care if it's by lethal injection, by the electric chair, firing squad, hanging, the guillotine or being fed to the lions."
    - Oklahoma Rep. Mike Christian

    "There are some people who just do not deserve to live,"
    - Rev. Richard Hawke

    “There are lots of extremely smug and self-satisfied people in what would be deemed lower down in society, who also deserve to be pulled up. In a proper free society, you should be allowed to make jokes about absolutely anything.”
    - Rowan Atkinson

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