The California Highway Patrol has recommended a murder charge be filed against the owner of a "party bus" after a 24-year-old man fell out of it and died on the 101 Freeway last year in Studio City.
Citing lengthy delays in the court process often lasting years, combined with the never-ending sting of grief when a loved one is lost to murder (her pregnant sister and brother-in-law were murdered), Ms. Bishop recommends a different path of hopeful closure for the victim's family: forgiveness.
The police will recommend that a murder charge be filed against a driver who intentionally struck more than a dozen pedestrians and bicyclists Tuesday in San Francisco.
Police initially recommended a charge of attempted murder against Nowak, but prosecutors decided against it.
Jurors who convicted Garrard of capital murder in March recommended a sentence of life without parole in the February 2012 death of Savannah Hardin.
"I would strongly recommend a reasonable deal to Omar if the murder charge was off the table," Mr. Edney said.
These reforms recommend a minimum term of 30 years for racially aggravated murder.
Mr. Fowler was convicted in August of five counts of first-degree murder and two counts of arson, and a jury recommended a death sentence.
Watkins was also the judge who recommended a posthumous pardon for Derek Bentley of the infamous "let him have it" murder case.
