'Golden State Killer' victims address him in court: 'The devil can keep you company'

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Survivors of Joseph DeAngelo, the man now known as the 'Golden State Killer,' addressed him directly in court in powerful and emotional victim impact statements.

Joseph DeAngelo pleaded guilty to 13 counts of first-degree murder in front of dozens of victims and victims' relatives in June as part of a plea deal.

"Kindness is a sign of strength not weakness. This is for me -- not for you," she said."You have lived over 70 years carefree, and the victims and the survivors have had long-lasting scars."The daughter of rape survivor Patricia Murphy read a statement on her mother's behalf on Tuesday as DeAngelo sat silently in a white face mask and orange jail shirt.Joseph James DeAngelo appears in Sacramento Superior Court on Aug. 18, 2020, in Sacramento, Calif.On Sept.

Joseph James DeAngelo, known as the Golden State Killer, arrives for the first day of victim impact statements at the Gordon D. Schaber Sacramento County Courthouse in Sacramento, Calif., Aug. 18, 2020. He said his mother, now a breast cancer survivor and grandmother of four, is still married to his father after 55 years.On Dec. 18, 1976, Kris Pedretti was 15 years old when she raped by a knife-wielding man who said he would kill her if she did not obey him.

Kris Pedretti reads her victim impact statement as Joseph James DeAngelo is in the court room the Sacramento County Courthouse, in Sacramento, Calif. , Aug. 18, 2020.Pedretti said her parents did not let her talk about that night, which forced her"to live my life like the rape never happened." Pedretti said she thinks the victim impact statements should be his only reading materials in his prison cell.Debbie Strauss Popado, who was raped on Oct. 29, 1977, died from cancer in 2016. Her daughter, aunt sister and mother spoke on her behalf in court Tuesday.

 

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I can't believe that the golden state killer recieves no death penalty but if he was black he would get strangled on the way to court. 😑

However, being a killer and all, he remained unmoved.

It's a shame that he will never live long enough to serve the sentence that will be passed down....

I wish your report would have mentioned the work by Patton's wife and her colleagues to track down this man after the police had given up on locating him.

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