Deputy Attorney General Continues Fight to Uphold Death Penalty of Convicted Killer
Deputy Attorney General Ward Campbell '79 is fighting to uphold the death penalty for Clarence Ray Allen, a leader of a Fresno crime ring who was convicted in the early 80s of ordering killings from Folsom State Prison while he was serving time for murder. Nearly a quarter-century later, after the California Supreme Court and the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Allen's sentencing and the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the case, Allen's lawyers have asked Governor Schwarzenegger to grant Allen clemency and commute his death sentence to life without parole.
Campbell began work for the attorney general in April 1980. During Allen's trial, Campbell sat "second chair" to the lead prosecutor and helped lay out the case that resulted in the death penalty for Allen. Throughout the appeals process, Campbell has continued to argue that the work of the prosecution team be upheld. Ray Allen is scheduled to die at San Quentin State Prison in January 2006.
Campbell began work for the attorney general in April 1980. During Allen's trial, Campbell sat "second chair" to the lead prosecutor and helped lay out the case that resulted in the death penalty for Allen. Throughout the appeals process, Campbell has continued to argue that the work of the prosecution team be upheld. Ray Allen is scheduled to die at San Quentin State Prison in January 2006.