LOS ANGELES — Theodore Frank, whose first death sentence for torturing and killing a 2-year-old girl was overturned by the state Supreme Court and led to the ouster of three justices, has died on San Quentin's Death Row. He was 65.

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Frank was twice sentenced to die for the rape and murder of Ventura County toddler Amy Sue Seitz of Camarillo. The first verdict was overturned in 1985. He was sentenced to die again in 1987 and was still awaiting execution when he died.

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