After being convicted of the crime in 1969 and initially sentenced to death in the gas chamber, his sentenced was commuted in 1972 to life in prison at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego County, [[California]]. | After being convicted of the crime in 1969 and initially sentenced to death in the gas chamber, his sentenced was commuted in 1972 to life in prison at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego County, [[California]]. |