TOPLINEJoseph DeAngelo, a former California police officer known as the Golden State Killer, was sentenced to multiple life sentences on Friday without the possibility of parole for a brutal string of killings and sexual assaults in the 1970s and 1980s. Joseph James DeAngelo during the third day of victim impact statements at the Gordon D. Schaber ... [+] Sacramento County Courthouse on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, in Sacramento, Calif. DeAngelo, 74, admitted being the infamous Golden State Killer. Santiago Mejia/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty ImagesKEY FACTSDeAngelo pled guilty in June to 13 first-degree murder charges and 13 rape-related charges while admitting to nearly 50 other rapes that went uncharged because the statute of limitations expired. The plea deal allowed him to avoid the death penalty, according to NBC News, and required him to register as a sex offender and pay restitution to victims or their families. DeAngelo, who is 74, terrorized California from 1975 to 1986, leaving behind 87 victims in 53 crimes across 11 counties in the state.

Source: Forbes August 21, 2020 18:05 UTC