Marin County Superior Court
By Donna Domino
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN RAFAEL - The violent assault charge seemed like it would make an easy sentencing decision. A parolee who had spent much of his life behind bars had admitted choking his girlfriend and uttering the chilling query, "Do you want to die?" The victim was too fearful to face the defendant in court, so her father appeared and read from her statement: "He could be in jail for ye... (continued)
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN RAFAEL - The violent assault charge seemed like it would make an easy sentencing decision. A parolee who had spent much of his life behind bars had admitted choking his girlfriend and uttering the chilling query, "Do you want to die?" The victim was too fearful to face the defendant in court, so her father appeared and read from her statement: "He could be in jail for ye... (continued)