White supremacist gets death penalty in murder case
After a second penalty hearing, Michael Lamb is sentenced to death for the 2002 murder of a fellow gang member.
A white supremacist gang member was sentenced to death today for the 2002 murder of one of the organization's founders.
After a second penalty phase hearing, an Orange County jury last month recommended that Michael Lamb, 34, a member of the Southern California gang Public Enemy No. 1, should die for killing Scott Miller in 2002 in retaliation for giving away some of the gang's secrets.
A different jury had deadlocked after the first penalty phase hearing last year.
Lamb and codefendant Jacob Rump, 32, were convicted a year ago in Miller's murder and for trying to kill an undercover police officer who was on their trail after Miller was found dead in an Anaheim alley with a gunshot wound to the back of his head.
Rump faces life in prison without parole at his Aug. 31 sentencing.
Prosecutors are also seeking the death penalty against a third codefendant, Billy Jo Johnson, 45. He is currently serving 45 years to life in prison for a 2004 gang-related slaying.
christine.hanley@latimes.com
