Hawthorne killer going to death row gets "what he deserved"

Deputy District Attorney Danette Meyers, who prosecuted Madison along with Deputy District Attorney Heather Steggell, cited Madison's history of violence toward women in calling the sentence appropriate.
"Madison is just an evil man. He has a problem with women," Meyers said.
When he doesn't get his way, he kills, Meyers said.
Madison went to Sly's apartment, which he paid for, after tearfully telling his wife about his affair with Sly.
While it's not known exactly what happened in her apartment, prosecutors theorize he went there to end the affair and things turned violent.
A coroner official determined that all of Sly's stab wounds were inflicted before she died - which is consistent with neighbors' hearing blood-curdling screams.
Sly had miscarried a day or two before her death, according to the coroner. However, it's unlikely she knew.
Madison was arrested by police after he was seen leaving her apartment. He was drinking a beer and had blood on his clothes.
A second man, Kenneth Mitchell, was arrested about a month later and charged with her murder based on taped telephone conversations he had with Madison, who was in jail.
Prosecutors believed Mitchell likely held Sly down while Madison stabbed her.
No knife was ever found.
Two juries heard the case in May. Mitchell's jury acquitted him and he was released.
Madison's jury, including several who came to the sentencing hearing, convicted him of first degree murder and the special circumstance that the murder was intentional and involved the infliction of torture.
However, the jurors could not agree on whether Madison personally used the knife.
One juror, who did not want her name to be used, said most the jurors believed that Madison was the killer - but they all believed, even if he didn't have the knife in his hand, that he was responsible for Sly's death.
The juror said it was satisfying to watch Madison get sentenced.
"Finally, he got what he deserved," she said.
During the penalty phase of the trial, the jurors heard about Madison's history of violence toward women - including a manslaughter conviction for the 1981 death of Rhonda Flintroy.
Flintroy, Madison's girlfriend, armed herself with a knife during a fight in an alley in the Compton area. During the altercation with Madison, she fell to the ground and dropped the knife.
Madison picked it up and stabbed her nine times, killing her. He pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter and served about half of his seven-year sentence.
Not long after his release, Madison shot Rose Anne Oliver Cramer, who was six months pregnant, in the neck. She was seriously injured, but both she and the baby survived and she testified at Madison's trial.
That 1985 incident arose because Madison had romantic inclinations that were rebuffed toward Cramer's friend.
As Madison, wielding a shotgun, approached the homeless shelter where the two women lived, Cramer tried to warn the other woman, Adrein Pimpton. It's believed Pimpton was the intended target.
Madison also has a slew of drug-related convictions.
His appeal will be automatic. He will join the 683 other inmates awaiting execution at San Quentin State Prison. The last person to die by lethal injection in California was in 2006.