SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge with a reputation as a patent-dispute powerhouse, at ease tackling the most complex intellectual property cases Silicon Valley throws his way, has found himself immersed in matters of life and death.
Earlier this year, San Jose U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel was in line for a seat on the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. Instead, he spent much of the summer presiding over the Valley’s first-ever federal death penalty trial, a case against a gang leader responsible for a slew of slayings and robberies. At day 59, it’s about to enter the penalty phase. Meanwhile, he still has on his plate a death penalty appeal that began nearly five years ago. Thanks to his role in that, he was last month thrust into the middle of another chaotic and emotional battle over capital punishment. As the state geared up to execute a man who’s spent nearly three decades on death row for raping a girl and then strangling her with her own shoelace, Fogel was asked to spare his life, at least for a while.
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