Los
Angeles, UNITED STATES: Chester Dewayne Turner listens as the jury
hands down a death sentence on murder charges in Superior Court 15
May 2007 in Los Angeles. Turner, 40, was convicted 30 April by the
same jury of the murders of 11 people over more than a decade.
Police say Turner raped, strangled
and murdered his victims, mostly
street prostitutes in the 1980s and 1990s.
(Photo credit should read FRANCINE ORR/AFP/Getty
Images)
Los
Angeles, UNITED STATES: Chester Dewayne Turner (R) and attorney John
Tyre talk after a jury handed
down a death sentence to Turner on
murder charges in Superior Court 15 May 2007 in Los Angeles.
Turner,
40, was convicted 30 April by the same jury of the murders of 11
people over more than
a decade. Police say Turner raped, strangled
and murdered his victims, mostly street prostitutes
in the 1980s and
1990s.
(Photo credit should read FRANCINE ORR/AFP/Getty
Images)
LOS
ANGELES - MAY 15: Chester Dewayne Turner (R) and attorney John Tyre
listen as a jury hands down a death sentence to Turner on murder
charges in Superior Court May 15, 2007 in Los Angeles, California.
Turner, 40, was convicted April 30 by the same jury of the murders
of 11 people over more than a decade. Police say Turner raped,
strangled and murdered his victims, mostly street prostitutes in the
1980s and 1990s.
(Photo by Francine Orr-Pool/Getty Images)
LOS
ANGELES - JULY 10: Los Angeles County Sheriff deputies escort
Chester D. Turner out of court after he was sentenced to death in
the Criminal Courts building on July 10, 2007 in downtown Los
Angeles, California. Turner, 40, was convicted April 30 of the
murders of 11 people over more than a decade. Police say Turner
raped, strangled and murdered his victims, mostly street prostitutes
in the 1980s and 1990s.
(Photo by Genaro Molina-Pool/Getty Images)
LOS
ANGELES - JULY 10: Chester D. Turner, a convicted rapist found
guilty of murder, listens to the judge sentence him to death in
Department 101 in the Criminal Courts building on July 10, 2007 in
downtown Los Angeles, California. Turner, 40, was convicted April 30
of the murders of 11 people over more than a decade. Police say
Turner raped, strangled and murdered his victims, mostly street
prostitutes in the 1980s and 1990s. (Photo by Genaro Molina-Pool/Getty
Images)
LOS
ANGELES - JULY 10: Elgedine Rudolph cries while making her statement
directed at convicted rapist and murderer Chester D. Turner during
sentencing proceedings in Department 101 in the Criminal Courts
building on July 10, 2007 in downtown Los Angeles, California.
Rudolph's sister, Regina Washington, was one of Turner's victims.
Turner, 40, was convicted April 30 of the murders of 11 people over
more than a decade. Police say Turner raped, strangled and murdered
his victims, mostly street prostitutes in the 1980s and 1990s.
(Photo by Genaro Molina-Pool/Getty Images)
LOS
ANGELES - JULY 10: Chester D. Turner, a convicted rapist found
guilty of murder, listens to the judge sentence him to death in
Department 101 in the Criminal Courts building on July 10, 2007 in
downtown Los Angeles, California. Turner, 40, was convicted April 30
of the murders of 11 people over more than a decade. Police say
Turner raped, strangled and murdered his victims, mostly street
prostitutes in the 1980s and 1990s. (Photo by Genaro Molina-Pool/Getty
Images)