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Death Penalty Not Being Sought In Murder Case

Posted: Sep. 1, 2016 5:52 PM PDT

The three men charged with killing a marijuana grow caretaker at a home in Penn Valley a couple of years ago will not be facing capital punishment, if convicted, according to District Attorney Cliff Newell…

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Daniel Devencenzi, Finley Fultz, and Nathan Philbrook are charged with first-degree murder in the course of a robbery, in the shooting death of Isaac Zafft, who was from Minnesota. Newell says the expense and staff time involved was never a factor…

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The last capital case in Nevada County was in 1981, with the last suspect executed in 1881. But Newell says several other cases have been considered since he joined the District Attorney’s Office. Zafft was found lying in a greenhouse containing marijuana and had been hired to protect the homeowner, who had been the victim of several thefts. Newell says they’re still waiting for the extradition of Philbrook from a Nevada prison. Devencenzi has already been extradited from there. Fultz is still in the Nevada County jail. Newell hopes all three will be arraigned by no later than September 22nd.

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