Background Albert Greenwood Brown

1 background

1.1 death of susan louise jordan

1.1.1 arrest , investigation
1.1.2 murder trial , appeals

background

brown grew in tulare, california father s family reportedly saw every kid went college . according tulare western high school yearbook, part of class of 1972. however, expelled school after accidentally fired gun had brought on campus , grazed student in head. joined united states marine corps, brought court-martial , discharged in 1975 being absent without leave. moved riverside, california live divorced mother , charged brutally raping , impregnating 11-year-old girl. said brown told since black man , black girl, in need of feeding . forced perform oral sex, after brown violently raped , choked her, sodomizing her. pleaded guilty , sentenced 2 years probation.

on morning in 1976, brown broke home in riverside , hid in closet until of residents had left. when 14-year-old girl returned paper route go school, choked unconscious , brutally raped in mother s room. brown pleaded guilty charges of first degree force on may 4, 1978 , sentenced state prison. paroled on june 14, 1980 , found work cleaning , preparing new cars sale @ rubidoux motors in riverside county.

death of susan louise jordan

on morning of october 28, 1980, brown abducted 15-year-old susan louise jordan while on way arlington high school in riverside. had been posing jogger on route. after dragging orange grove, brown brutally raped , sodomized , strangled death own shoelace; took identification cards , school books. susan s mother angelina jordan, coincidentally left car serviced @ brown s workplace, rubidoux motors, went school search susan after younger sister karen , younger brother james returned home without her. after finding family s number in phone book, brown called angelina jordan payphone @ around 7:30 p.m. tell left daughter s body. according court documents, said: hello, mrs. jordan, susie isn t home school yet, she? never see daughter again. can find body on corner of victoria , gibson. susan s body found after brown repeatedly made calls riverside police department , jordan residence. 1 of brown s subsequent calls recorded police officer.

arrest , investigation

brown arrested on november 6, 1980 after 3 witnesses came forward identify him , pontiac trans rubidoux motors paper plate near site of murder. susan s identification cards found in phone booth @ nearby texaco service station. during search of brown s home on november 7, police found susan s books, newspaper article case, , riverside telephone directory in page opposite listing jordan family folded. brown discovered have been late work on day disappeared. jogging suit stained blood , sperm found in locker @ employee coffee shop. brown s shoes matched footprints crime scene.

murder trial , appeals

brown placed on death row @ san quentin state prison.

on february 4, 1982, riverside county jury convicted brown of first-degree murder special circumstances of first degree kidnapping, , first degree rape, oral copulation, , first degree sodomy. during sentencing hearings, defense attorney argued brown remorseful , presented evidence of psychiatric problems, including sexual dysfunction. brown claimed physically abused aunt child , spanked mother. mother denied abusing brown, claimed son out buying milk @ time of murder. surviving victim of 1976 rape case testified against him. jury deliberated less 3 hours on february 19 , sentenced brown death. on march 2, 1982, placed on death row @ san quentin state prison in san quentin, california.

in 1985, brown s sentence overturned california supreme court , reinstated u.s. supreme court in 1987. brown s defense filed motion of habeas corpus u.s. 9th circuit court of appeals, arguing received ineffective counsel @ trial , sentence cruel , unusual punishment violated 8th amendment of u.s. constitution. on september 19, 2007, judge michael daly hawkins denied brown s appeal , upheld lower court rulings.