A SPECIAL REPORT: EXECUTIONS
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CHANGING GUARDS: Orange County played a big role in reviving capital punishment in the state. . . . Local prosecutor Tony Rackauckas--now a judge--led two statewide groups which eventually brought the 1986 ouster of then-Chief Justice Rose Bird for her anti-death penalty voting record. More than two-thirds in the county voted against her and two others. . . . “If Rose Bird were still on the bench we would not be seeing (the likelihood of) Robert Harris’ execution,” says county Dist. Atty. Michael R. Capizzi.
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