Joshua Miracle, 43, pleaded guilty to capital murder charges in 2005.
SAN QUENTIN — Prison officials are investigating the death of a Santa Barbara man who was sentenced to death after pleading guilty to a gang-related murder 16 years ago.
Miracle was sentenced to death in February 2006, months after he pleaded guilty to murdering Goleta resident Elias Raymond Silva in a 2004 stabbing death. At the time of the murder, Miracle had an active arrest warrant for an attempted murder, authorities said at the time. Miracle pleaded guilty to murder and assault in 2005 with no plea deal in place, and minutes later got married to his longtime girlfriend in the very same courtroom, according to media reports. Three months earlier, he fired his attorney who wanted him to take the case to trial instead.
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