Local News Prosecutor: Killer deserves no mercy By Michelle Durand Daily Journal StaffUpdated Oct 25, 2020 Local prosecutors say condemned inmate Donald Jay Beardslee should be granted the same amount of leniency he showed the two young women he kil…
Local News Killer pleads for clemency By Michelle Durand Daily Journal staffUpdated Nov 15, 2020 SACRAMENTO — A Redwood City killer condemned to die Wednesday should be spared because he has lifelong brain damage and an exemplary prison re…
Local News Murderer's execution date confirmed By Michelle Durand Daily Journal staff Dec 10, 2004 The condemned Redwood City man next in line for California's execution chamber had a last-ditch effort to buy time denied yesterday when a loc…
Local News Murderer spared at 11th hour By Michelle Durand Daily Journal StaffUpdated Aug 16, 2019 Donald Beardslee, the 60-year-old Redwood City man convicted of murdering two women 23 years ago, received a reprieve from execution from an u…
Local News Death date set today By Michelle Durand Daily Journal StaffUpdated Aug 16, 2019 This morning, Donald Beardslee will learn when he will die.