[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by 33girl

I can't remember, but I think Cali had the death penalty when the trial started, and by the time everyone got sentenced it had been thrown out.

Correction, it would have been while they were on death row. It didn't get switched back to death penalty - does anyone know if that's ever happened?

Yep. They were actually sentenced to die in the gas chamber until California changed it. I'm not sure how that works after someone has been sentenced. I'm sure Kevin and KSigkid know. But yeah, that's exactly what happened.