1989: See You in Disneyland: Richard Ramirez Sentenced to Death for the Night Stalker Killings
Richard Ramirez had terrorised California through 1984 and 1985, breaking into homes at night to kill, and when he was finally sentenced on this day in 1989, the courtroom saw the same chilling indifference that had defined his trial. He received nineteen death sentences for his string of murders, one of the largest capital verdicts in California history.
Asked for comment afterwards, Ramirez shrugged off the sentence entirely. He told reporters, "Big deal. Death always went with the territory. See you in Disneyland." He was sent to death row to await an execution that, due to decades of appeals, never came; he died of natural causes in 2013 while still awaiting it.
