Thomas Frank Maniscalco, who was convicted in 1994 of the “Memorial Day Massacre,” stipulated in mid-November that he deserved to be disbarred based on his convictions. The disbarment has taken this long due to the defendant’s numerous appeals in state and federal courts over the years in addition to the delays in charging and convicting him.
Maniscalco was a biker who founded a motorcycle gang while going to law school.
Maniscalco was convicted of killing two former motorcycle gang members and a 19-year-old girlfriend of one of the victims in May of 1980, but he wasn’t charged until March of 1984 for the murders of Richard Rizzone, Rena Miley and Thomas Monahan in Westminster.
The 72-year-old is serving a 46-years-to-life prison term at Mule Creek State Prison.
His first trial ended with a hung jury in November 1990. The state Supreme Court denied his petition for review of his conviction in 2001.
