A recent court hearing in San Jose recounted the trauma endured by survivors of Richard Wade Farley's 1988 massacre at ESL Inc. in Sunnyvale. Presenting their testimonies, former employees relived the horror of witnessing friends and colleagues being shot, while officials reflected on the lasting impact of such workplace violence. Judge Benjamin Williams' decision not to resentence Farley emphasized his dangerousness, absence of remorse, and continued potential threat. This hearing signals a broader initiative by the Santa Clara County DA's office to address condemned individuals, solidifying the trauma's place in local memory and justice.
The emotional and gripping hearing in Judge Benjamin Williams' courtroom Friday concluded the implementation of a major initiative announced last year by Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen, which petitioned to move men condemned for some of the South Bay's most notorious killings off death row and into lifetime imprisonment.
Williams, citing an absence of remorse and rehabilitation in by Farley now 76 and in the advanced stages of cancer in the intervening 37 years...there is no reason to believe that Mr. Farley is any less dangerous today.
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