A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the death sentence for a man who tortured and fatally stabbed a San Francisco State University student in 1985. Robert Fairbank, now 58, pleaded guilty to murder, torture and...
Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle: Local
Wed, 02/16/2011 - 5:00am
A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the death sentence for a man who tortured and fatally stabbed a San Francisco State University student in 1985. Robert Fairbank, now 58, pleaded guilty to murder, torture and...