KRCR News Channel 7 - A Redding man sentenced to death for a 1998 murder has had his penalty overturned. Paul Gordon Smith, Jr. was convicted of torturing and killing a 20-year-old
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Judge dismisses murder conviction in Sunset Beach killing over alleged misconduct – Orange County Register
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