Southern California judge found guilty of fatally shooting wife

nbc News - 02:15
Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ferguson shot his wife in the chest with a .40-caliber handgun during an argument in 2023.

LOS ANGELES — A California jury on Tuesday convicted a judge of fatally shooting his wife after an argument at their Anaheim Hills home in 2023, the district attorney’s office said.

Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ferguson was convicted of second-degree murder around six weeks after an earlier jury deadlocked 11-1 in favor of a guilty verdict, leading to a mistrial. The case was retried, resulting in Tuesday’s convict...
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