Execution is the best closure.
Doesn't sound like they needed the confession to get a conviction for enough of his crimes to kill him, anyway.
He was a cop during his years as a killer.
'Golden State Killer' pleads guilty as grisly crimes recounted by prosecutors
Joseph DeAngelo, the man suspected of being the notorious Golden State Killer, has agreed to plead guilty to 13 counts of first-degree murder in front of dozens of victims and victims' relatives, prosecutors said.
The death penalty will be taken off the table and he will serve life without parole, Sacramento County Deputy District Attorney Amy Holliday said at Monday's hearing.
After DeAngelo was taken into custody in 2018, he said to himself in an interview room, "I did all those things. I destroyed all those lives," according to prosecutors.
The plea deal required him to admit to multiple uncharged acts, including rapes, which were described in grisly detail by prosecutors.
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The deal will "allow the remaining victims and family members ... to hear the defendant admit that he committed these acts," Holliday said.
Instead of a courtroom, DeAngelo, in an orange jumpsuit and using a cane, appeared in a California State University–Sacramento ballroom.
With over 150 victims and relatives expected to attend, prosecutors sought a room that would be large enough to accommodate them and promote social distancing,The Sacramento Bee reported.
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