North County Times
VISTA, California -- Adrian George Camacho has been sentenced to die for gunning down Oceanside police officer Tony Zeppetella, a slaying Zeppetella's father called a "selfish and cowardly crime" as he asked the judge to send his son's killer to death.
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Camacho, who was born in Mexico but grew up in North County, was living in the U.S. illegally. Jurors were not told about his immigration status, nor that Camacho had been caught in the country illegally at least twice before and faced up to 20 years in jail if found living in the U.S. again.
Posted by Richard at February 9, 2006