D.A. WON'T SEEK DEATH FOR SLAYING.Byline: Grace Lee Staff Writer VENTURA - Prosecutors announced Wednesday that they will not seek the death penalty against a reputed reputed adj. referring to what is accepted by general public belief, whether or not correct. white supremacist white supremacist n. One who believes that white people are racially superior to others and should therefore dominate society. white supremacy n. Noun 1. gang member in the 1998 killing of a Ventura runaway. Defendant Michael Bridgeford is charged with murder in the slaying of 17-year-old Nicole Hendrix, who authorities said was stabbed at a Ventura motel and her body dumped near Ojai. Because the charge carries the special circumstance of committing or attempting a kidnapping kidnapping, in law, the taking away of a person by force, threat, or deceit, with intent to cause him to be detained against his will. Kidnapping may be done for ransom or for political or other purposes. , Bridgeford could have faced the death penalty if he is convicted, but now faces the maximum sentence of life in prison without parole parole (pərōl`), in criminal law, release from prison of a convict before the expiration of his term on condition that his activities be restricted and that he report regularly to an officer. . Bridgeford, one of five members and associates of the Skin Head Dogs indicted INDICTED, practice. When a man is accused by a bill of indictment preferred by a grand jury, he is said to be indicted. in August 2000 in the teen's slaying, faces a Dec. 9 preliminary hearing. Prosecutors said they decided not to seek the death penalty because transcribed tape-recorded interviews of Bridgeford suggested he had received ``assurances of leniency'' if he cooperated with authorities. ``If promises were made to him, we have to live up to it,'' said senior prosecutor Patricia Murphy. Ron Bamieh, one of the original prosecutors on the case, applauded the decision not to seek the death penalty. Bamieh said he had withdrawn from the case because he opposed prosecuting it as a capital crime after Bridgeford cooperated with investigators. Bridgeford's attorney, Steven Powell of Ventura, did not return phone calls. |
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