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Man sentenced to death for OC killing in 1980 dies in prison
Watta, linked by DNA to a 1980 rape and murder, died at 80 while serving a death sentence; execution moratorium in place since 2019, officials said.
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Man sentenced to death for OC killing in 1980 dies in prison
A man sentenced to death for the 1980 rape and murder of a Seal Beach woman died in prison on Monday, Dec. 22 at the age of 80, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced Wednesday. Benjamin W. Watta, formerly of Long Beach, was found unresponsive in his cell at Pelican Bay State Prison in Crescent City around 11 a.m. on Monday during a count and pronounced dead by paramedics just after 11:30 a.m., the corrections agen…
·Cherokee County, United States
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