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Convicted Orange County Serial Killer Sentenced to Death

Steven Dean Gordon, the serial killer who says he deserves to die for his crimes, found no disagreement last year from the jury nor, on Friday, from the judge.

Steven Dean Gordon sits with his head down during sentencing proceedings in a Santa Ana courtroom on Feb. 3, 2017. (Credit: Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Orange County Superior Court Judge Patrick H. Donahue sentenced Gordon to death for the abduction and murder of four women who had been working as prostitutes in Santa Ana and Anaheim in 2013 and 2014.

In December, a jury convicted the 47-year-old Gordon of the murders and voted that he should die.

Gordon has repeatedly said he ought to be executed for his crimes, and said he fired his public defender and represented himself at trial in the hopes of speeding along the system.

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