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California Judge Gets 35 Years to Life for Fatally Shooting His Wife

Jeffrey Ferguson, 74, said at his sentencing hearing that the shooting was an accident. “I wish God had taken me instead,” he said.

© Pool photo by Allen J. Schaben

Jeffrey Ferguson during his trial in February in Santa Ana, Calif. He has served as a Superior Court judge in Orange County, Calif., since 2015.
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