ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE
Case # C-57572
Date: January 14, 2016
INMATE PREVIOUSLY SENTENCED TO DEATH TO BE RESENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE
SANTA ANA, Calif. – An inmate who was previously sentenced to receive the death penalty will be brought back to Orange County at the request of the Orange County District Attorney (OCDA) to be resentenced to life in state prison without the possibility of parole. Kenneth Clair, 55, housed in San Quentin State Prison, was found guilty by a jury in 1987, of one felony count of special circumstances murder during the commission of a burglary, two felony counts of burglary, and a sentencing enhancement for a prior prison conviction for a 1976 armed robbery in Louisiana was found true. Clair was also sentenced to receive the death penalty in 1987. Clair is expected to be in court for a resentencing hearing on Feb. 19, 2016, at 9:00 a.m. in Department C-45, Central Justice Center, Santa Ana. Continue reading