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  • Fran's Market killer dies awaiting appeal (Vicious killer dies in prison)

    10/25/2007 2:26:50 PM PDT · by Enterprise · 2 replies · 54+ views
    The Fresno Bee ^ | 10/25/07 | Jim Steinberg
    "Hamilton was convicted of being the trigger man for Clarence Ray Allen, a Folsom Prison convict who at that time was serving a life sentence for an earlier murder. Prosecutors convinced jurors that Hamilton had killed the three young people to carry out Allen's revenge against the owners of Fran's Market, Ray and Fran Schletewitz, for testimony against him in an earlier case."
  • Double life of a Death Row killer - murderer Ray Allen, 75, didn't turn really bad until his 40s

    01/12/2006 3:03:01 AM PST · by Former Military Chick · 15 replies · 520+ views
    Chronicle ^ | January 12, 2006 | Jim Doyle
    By any measure, condemned inmate Clarence Ray Allen has lived a double life, confounding the people who have known him as a kind man and those who have experienced his cruelty. The former warehouse manager served as a church deacon, raised two boys, and became a successful business owner in Fresno. But in his 40s, he embarked on a violent crime spree with a gang of misfits. One thing led to another, including murder -- and then, three additional murders. Allen is scheduled to die by lethal injection at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday at San Quentin State Prison, one day after...