They act like the judges hands were tied, but it likely came down to the prosecutor allowing this murderer to plead to second degree murder rather than first degree. The judge doesn't have to allow the plea bargain and could have rejected it. The idea that CA was more lenient in 1974 is B.S. They were a death penalty state (en.wikipedia.org) at the time and this piece of trash should have been executed.
It's kind of off topic, but apparently there are multiple black child rapists named Curtis Tucker. I wanted to see if this rapist was released already and got links to another fucking rapist (nydailynews.com).
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