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...death case, also in 1978, he was worn out. The defendant was George Clark, who had abducted a young woman from Sears, raped her and stabbed her 38 times. Earle won a death sentence, but instead of trumpeting his victory, he gave a morose press conference calling it "a sad day for everybody." When a friend of the victim's brought him a congratulatory bottle of whiskey, Earle was aghast. "This is not a celebratory event," he scolded. Citing the administrative demands of running a large D.A.'s office and the talent of his staff prosecutors, Earle never again personally...
...these guys out the first three months. A billion dollars, and no one can find the money... Where does any human being on this earth hide one million dollars? In a hole someplace? Come on, not in a banking institution anywhere in the world. Come on. It's a sad, sad case...
...it’s true, then I see this as just a very sad chapter to a very sad story,” he said...
...think it’s disgraceful. It’s a very sad time for us,” said Riverside resident Joan Qualls-Harris. “I think this sort of thing is happening across the country, and I’m afraid that it’s something that’s not going to stop if we don’t have police and community connected to address the issue...
...Margaret had him laid out next to a soda-packed cooler and his beloved barbecue pit. "He would barbecue at every holiday, the Super Bowl or for no reason at all, just to invite the neighbors over," his widow recalls. "He always told me he didn't want a sad funeral; he said he wanted something people could remember. People were talking and laughing. Everybody said it was different, but that it was L.C." --With reporting by Amy Bonesteel/Atlanta, Jeanne DeQuine/Miami, Jeffrey Ressner/Los Angeles, Sarah Sturmon Dale/Minneapolis and Leslie Whitaker/Chicago