Were there four different published opinions from the California Supreme Court today, involving five different individuals sentenced to death? Yes. Yes there were.
Did I read each of those opinions in their entirety? Yes. I did.
Were the underlying facts of those opinions incredibly depressing, particularly when read one after the other? Oh yes. Most definitely.
Did those opinions collectively span over 600 pages? Did it take me until nearly 7:00 p.m. to finish them all? Yes and yes.
At this point in the evening, do I feel like regaling anyone with the gruesome details of those murders, and the intimate details what some innocent people, including but not limited to multiple children, were forced to endure in the final, most horrifying moments of their lives?
No, I do not.
Suffice it to say that the published opinions today were collectively amongst the most depressing ever assembled on a single day.
