{"id":3638,"date":"2021-05-04T14:57:54","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T21:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=3638"},"modified":"2021-05-04T14:59:16","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T21:59:16","slug":"ca-supreme-court-overturns-quadruple-murderers-death-sentence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=3638","title":{"rendered":"CA Supreme Court Overturns Quadruple Murderer&#8217;s Death Sentence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a unanimous ruling yesterday, the California Supreme Court overturned the death sentence handed down 23 years ago for a woman convicted of killing her four young daughters and attempting to kill her 14-year-old son.\u00a0 The Mercury News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2021\/05\/04\/death-penalty-overturned-for-california-mom-who-killed-4\/\">reports<\/a> that Nikolet Amber Nieves&#8217; boyfriend had recently left her pregnant,\u00a0 which she aborted a week before setting fire to her home killing her four daughters and nearly killing her son by two previous marriages.\u00a0\u00a0 The girls, ranging in age from 5 to 12, died from smoke inhalation. In a note to one of her ex-husbands she wrote, &#8220;Now you don&#8217;t have to support any of us.&#8221;\u00a0 A defense expert testified that he believed she had taken enough drugs to be unaware of what she was doing when she set the fire, but she did manage to call 911 to report it.\u00a0 The jury did not buy it.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.ca.gov\/opinions\/documents\/S092410.PDF\">upheld<\/a> Nieves&#8217; aggravated murder conviction, but found error by the judge at the sentencing hearing.\u00a0 The court contended that the judge&#8217;s &#8220;conspicuous disdain for defense counsel and witnesses, and his repeated references to their improper or untrustworthy conduct, lent credence to the prosecution&#8217;s argument that defendant was manipulative and deceitful.&#8221;\u00a0 The court held that this conduct prejudiced the sentencing jury, and thereby invalidated the death sentence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a unanimous ruling yesterday, the California Supreme Court overturned the death sentence handed down 23 years ago for a woman convicted of killing her four young daughters and attempting to kill her 14-year-old son.\u00a0 The Mercury News reports that Nikolet Amber Nieves&#8217; boyfriend had recently left her pregnant,\u00a0 which she aborted a week before setting fire to her home killing her four daughters and nearly killing her son by two previous marriages.\u00a0\u00a0 The girls, ranging in age from 5 to 12, died from smoke inhalation. 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