Man admits killing wife in surprise plea

An Oroville man, who had served time in prison for a previous killing, entered a surprise plea of no contest Thursday in court to the first-degree murder of his wife at the couple's home late last month.

[granny]

a butcher knife being kept in a dresser drawer? Now, that is odd...

[Oroville resident]

He kept the butcher knife in his drawer just for an occasion like this...
They should have locked him up and thrown away the key the first time he committed murder! Or better yet, executed him.
This woman would still be alive if they had done either of those things.
We need to stop being soft on these types of people!!!

[gary]

Oroville resident wrote:

He kept the butcher knife in his drawer just for an occasion like this...
They should have locked him up and thrown away the key the first time he committed murder! Or better yet, executed him.
This woman would still be alive if they had done either of those things.
We need to stop being soft on these types of people!!!

Execute him? In California? That doesn't happen. The death penalty in California is no more than an idle threat. Case and point; the article yesterday about the 46 year old gang leader that requested, and received, a death sentence for murder. Not because he was remorseful, but because the accomodations are much better on deathrow. Each prisoner gets the same size cell as pairs of prisoners in the general population...much more free use of telephones and cell phones, supposedly because of their need to research their appeals...their own cd and tv, to use as they desire...3 meals a day served to them in their cells, and on and on. This prisoner's attorney said that it is not that people think that it is more comfortable on deathrow.....it is. As the prisoner put it, "I am 46, and my appeals will carry me to 70, and I don't want to live beyond that anyway." WOW

[Brittney]

This guy definitely needs to be hung... just like they were back in the day. He's killed 2 people and he's sitting pretty in a jail that we're paying for. AY!