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FILE - Scott Dekraai is seen in court Tuesday, March 18, 2014 during his trial for the killing of eight people in a Seal Beach beauty salon during a motion hearing in Santa Ana, Calif.. An internal review has found California prosecutors were negligent in their use of a jailhouse snitch in the case of Dekraai, convicted of killing his ex-wife and seven others at a Seal Beach hair salon. Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said Monday, July 20, 2020 that prosecutors exhibited signs of misconduct in the case of Scott Dekraai, a former tugboat operator, who is serving life in prison for the 2011 slayings. (Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool, File)

Report: Prosecutors mishandled California mass murder case

By BRIAN MELLEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 15, 2017, file photo, Scott Dekraai, who pleaded guilty in 2014 to killing his hairstylist ex-wife and seven others, listens to Bethany Webb, sister of Laura Webb Elody, who was killed by Dekraai, as she gives a statement to the court during a hearing in Santa Ana, Calif. Dekraai, a 47-year-old former tugboat operator, faces life in prison when he's sentenced Friday, Sept. 22, 2017, in an Orange County courtroom, for killing his ex-wife and seven others in a shooting rampage at the hair salon where she worked. His case has dragged on years due to a scandal over authorities’ use of informants to cull information from Dekraai and others housed in the county’s jails. (Sam Gangwer/The Orange County Register via AP, File)

The Latest: Man gets life terms for killing 8 at hair salon

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FILE - In this March 18, 2014, file photo, Scott Dekraai appears in court in Santa Ana, Calif. Dekraai, a 47-year-old former tugboat operator, faces life in prison when he's sentenced Friday, Sept. 22, 2017, in an Orange County courtroom, for killing his ex-wife and seven others in a shooting rampage at the hair salon where she worked. His case has dragged on years due to a scandal over authorities’ use of informants to cull information from Dekraai and others housed in the county’s jails. (Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool, File)

‘Face of evil’: Man gets life for killing 8 at hair salon

By AMY TAXIN - Associated Press

FILE - Int his July 5, 2017 file photo, Assistant public defender Scott Sanders questions Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens about the use of jailhouse informants during an evidentiary hearing for convicted murderer Scott Dekraai, left, at the Santa Ana Central Justice Center in Santa Ana, Calif. Judge Thomas Goethals is weighing whether Dekraai should be spared the death penalty due to a long-running scandal over authorities' use of jailhouse informants. Goethals is expected to rule Friday, Aug. 18 on whether Dekraai should remain eligible for the death penalty or sentenced to life without parole for killing eight people in a 2011 shooting rampage at an Orange County hair salon. Sanders began asking questions about the use of jailhouse informants after noticing the same snitch had chattered up Dekraai and another one of his clients. (Nick Agro /The Orange County Register via AP, File)

The Latest: California mass killer spared the death penalty

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FILE - In this July 5, 2017 file photo, Judge Thomas M. Goethals listens to the testimony of Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens during an evidentiary hearing for convicted murderer Scott Dekraai at the Santa Ana Central Justice Center in Santa Ana, Calif. Goethals is weighing whether Dekraai should be spared the death penalty due to a long-running scandal over authorities' use of jailhouse informants. Goethals is expected to rule Friday, Aug. 18 on whether Dekraai should remain eligible for the death penalty or sentenced to life without parole for killing eight people in a 2011 shooting rampage at an Orange County hair salon. (Nick Agro /The Orange County Register via AP, File)

California mass killer spared death sentence

By AMY TAXIN - Associated Press

Attorneys wrap up hearing on jailhouse informants

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California will seek death penalty for salon killer

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Attorney general to stay in charge of OC salon shooting case

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Scott Dekraai sits with his public defender Scott Sanders in Orange County Superior Court in Santa Ana, Calif., on Friday, May 2, 2014. Dekraai, 44, who was in a custody fight with his ex-wife pleaded guilty Friday to killing her and seven others in a shooting rampage at a California hair salon in 2011. Dekraai donned a bulletproof vest before heading to the Seal Beach salon where his ex-wife worked as a stylist in October 2011. Authorities said he shot and killed Michelle Fournier before turning his gun on the salon's owner and spraying Salon Meritage with bullets. The salon reopened about a year later, with six of the original employees returning to work. (AP Photo/The Orange County Register, Kevin Sullivan) MAGS OUT; LOS ANGELES TIMES OUT

Man pleads guilty in California salon killings

By AMY TAXIN - Associated Press

Lawyer: Man will plead guilty to killings at salon

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Lawyer: Man will plead guilty to killings at salon

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DA won’t use recordings in OC salon killings case

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Judge says 2 juries to hear salon killings case

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Court weighs alleged misuse of jail informants

By AMY TAXIN - Associated Press

Police officers lead Scott Evans Dekraai to a patrol car after arresting him following a shooting at the nearby Salon Meritage that left eight people dead and one critically injured in Seal Beach, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Death penalty sought in Calif. beauty salon shootings

By Amy Taxin and Gillian Flaccus - Associated Press

Investigators stand near the site where six people were killed and three were wounded in a shooting at a hair salon in Seal Beach, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011. The deaths were confirmed and the other three victims were taken to a hospital in critical condition, police Sgt. Steve Bowles told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Suspect’s ex-wife worked at Calif. salon where 8 killed

By Gillian Flaccus - Associated Press