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Golden State Killer sentenced to life for 26 rapes, slayings

by Associated Press
| August 21, 2020 11:03 AM

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A former California police officer dubbed the Golden State Killer told victims Friday he was “truly sorry" before he was sentenced to multiple life prison sentences for a decade-long string of rapes and murders that terrorized a wide swath of the state.

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