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Man’s death sentence upheld in rape and murder of woman on East Bay trail

The justices upheld Frazier’s convictions and death sentence on a 5-2 vote, rejecting defense arguments that prosecutors were wrongly allowed to dismiss a juror who said he opposed capital punishment but might be able to vote for a death sentence in some cases.