Three death row inmates have been resentenced, Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price announced Tuesday afternoon.
Ernest Dykes, who was convicted of killing a 9-year-old boy in 1993, is expected to be released from prison next year with two years of probation. Keith Thomas, sentenced to death in 1997, will receive 23 years to life in prison. But having served 31 years, Thomas will be up for parole. And Gregory Tate, sentenced in 1993, will receive a life sentence without parole. In April, a U.S.
Over two days of hearings with the District Court, the DA's office reviewed many cases, Price said, but 'quite a few' still remain. However, those may be more difficult to review, since more than 70% of the cases have minimal or nonexistent notes on jury selection, according to Price. The DA's office is entertaining the possibility that past prosecutors 'sanitized' those records and concealed misconduct, Price said. 'We are now following the law,' Price said.
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