A man dubbed the Hollywood Ripper, Michael Garguilo, appeared in court in Los Angeles in a last ditch effort to avoid being sentenced to death after having been found guilty of the murder of two women.
Garguilo, 44, was found guilty at his 2019 trial of murdering 22-year-old Ashley Ellerin in 2001 and 32-year-old Maria Bruno in 2005. He was also found guilty of the 2008 attempted murder of Michelle Murphy.
At the time, the jury recommended the death penalty but on Friday a hearing was held on behalf of Garguilo with his attorney arguing that he should be spared execution.
A man dubbed the Hollywood Ripper, Michael Garguilo, has appeared in court in Los Angeles in a last ditch effort to avoid being sentenced to death
Gargiulo appeared in Los Angeles Superior Court having been found guilty of the murder of two women at his trial in 2019
Gargiulo, hardcuffed, sporting a long white beard and wearing prison overalls and a facemask, was led in to the court room by a court officer
Gargiulo was found guilty of murdering 22-year-old Ashley Ellerin (left) in 2001 and 32-year-old Maria Bruno (right) in 2005. Ellerin was actor Ashton Kutcher’s then-girlfriend and Bruno was a mother-of-three found stabbed to death at her home
Gargiulo appeared in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday as his attorney made the case that the new LA County District Attorney, George Gascon, is opposed to the death penalty and that the Governor of California, Gavin Newsom, has placed a moratorium on executions.
Garguilo’s attorney, Dale Michael Rubin, argued that his client should be spared execution because at the age of 44, if given a life sentence, he would eventually die in prison.
During the hearing Gargiulo, head shaven and sporting a lengthy white beard which protruded beneath his face mask, spoke only once when the judge asked him if he understood what was happening, to which Gargiulo replied yes.
Gargiulo will finally be sentenced by the judge at his next…
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