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One of the victim's children said she felt "like 21 years is not enough" for the defendant.

"My heart doesn't feel so heavy anymore," the victim's mother said after the verdict. "I waited three and a half years for this. Now I can go home and pick her up in her little urn and tell her she got justice."

 into how the prison system responded to the COVID-19 pandemic and what led to the deaths of 18 people at Donovan state prison in San Diego. He died on Christmas Day, four months shy of his first parole hearing after more than 20 years in prison. Earlie Paton was incarcerated at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in Otay Mesa when he tested positive for COVID-19 in December. His breathing grew shallow, so the prison sent him to a nearby hospital. The 67-year-old’s condition only got wo...