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A BEAR ATTACKS LIVESTOCK AT A RANCH AND THE INCREASE IN SIGHTINGS AND MORE POPULATED AREAS. THE COURT CASE THAT COULD TO PUT PEOPLE ON CALIFORNIA'S DEATH ROW. A GOOD EVENING. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN 30 YEARS, THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT CALIFORNIA'S DEATH PENALTY COULD BECOME HARDER TO IMPOSE AND WHAT IS MORE, NEARLY DEATH ROW COULD BE AFFECTED. Reporter: DANTE McDANIEL IS ONE OF 700 INMATES ON DEATH ROW CONVICTED OF TWO MURDERS IN 2004 FOLLOWING A GANG-RELATED DRUG DEAL WHEN HE WAS 24 YEARS OLD. THE STATE SUPREME COURT TODAY BEGAN HEARING ARGUMENTS IN McDANIEL'S APPEAL.'S LAWYERS FOCUSING ON WHAT ARE CALLED AGGRAVATING FACTORS, 22 DIFFERENT THINGS SUCH AS GANG A HIPPITY, WAS THE PERPETRATOR LYING IN WAIT, WAS THE CRIME ESPECIALLY HEINOUS OR CRUEL? USF LAW PROFESSOR SAID RIGHT NOW THE LAW ONLY REQUIRES JURORS AGREE THAT THERE WAS AN AGGRAVATING FACTOR, NOT ANY SPECIFIC ONE AND THAT IS McDANIEL'S ARGUMENT TO THE SUPREME COURT. THE LAWYERS ARE SAYING THAT THE JURORS NEED TO AGREE