FILE - In this March 18, 2014, file photo, Scott Dekraai appears in court in Santa Ana, Calif. Dekraai, a 47-year-old former tugboat operator, faces life in prison when he's sentenced Friday, Sept. 22, 2017, in an Orange County courtroom, for killing his ex-wife and seven others in a shooting rampage at the hair salon where she worked. His case has dragged on years due to a scandal over authorities' use of informants to cull information from Dekraai and others housed in the county's jails. (Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool, File)
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