Michael A. Jackson, who was sentenced to death in 1984 for killing a West Covina police officer while high on PCP the previous year, died in prison over the weekend, California prison officials announced.
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), in a media release, confirmed in a media release that Jackson, whose sentence began on May 30, 1984, died at the age of 72 on Saturday.
He had been serving his condemned sentence at the California Institute for Men in Chino…