Murderer on Death Row Commuted Under LA DA, Family Shocked and Seeking Justice

Fred Rose and his family in an undated photo taken by his stepfather. Bob Baker

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Thirty years ago, a Los Angeles man was sentenced to death for killing a father of three. Now the district attorney is planning to drop the murderer’s death sentence.

In January 1992, 21-year-old Scott Forrest Collins was sentenced to death for robbing and shooting 41-year-old Fred Rose.