PARENTS' EXECUTION MAY HINGE ON SONS' TESTIMONY

SAN DIEGO A Superior Court judge will decide whether to hear testimony from two young boys who allegedly saw their parents burn their toddler cousin to death after years of abuse. The testimony could result in the parents' execution, even though the parents have offered to plead guilty and spend the rest of their lives in prison. "We shouldn't even be going to trial," said Michael Popkins, who represents the boys' mother, Veronica...

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