Alfredo R. Prieto, convicted of three murders and suspected of four othersVa. makes third try at seeking death for convicted killer

Va. makes third try at seeking death for convicted killer: "Virginia's third attempt to impose the death penalty on Alfredo R. Prieto, convicted of three murders and suspected of four others, began Tuesday in Fairfax County, with Prieto's defense team apparently abandoning its claim that he is mentally retarded and therefore ineligible for capital punishment.
Prieto, 44, faces a death sentence in California for the 1990 rape and shooting of a 15-year-old girl. His appeals have lasted 18 years with no end in sight, so when he was linked by DNA to a 1988 double homicide near Reston, Fairfax prosecutors decided to extradite him and try to complete his legal process in Virginia."