she was only try for one murder and that was mary elizabeth dunning. she's taken into custody in stockton, california, brought back to san francisco. she gets a legal team and they fight extradition back to delaware. it goes all the way to the california supreme court and the california supreme court rules in favor of the prosecution. that, in fact, she can be prosecuted. she can't be taken back to delaware. however, she can be prosecuted in california, which is why the case that happened in delaware was prosecuted in san francisco, california. it would have happened, another interesting aspect of the case, because she goes to trial for the murder of mary elizabeth dunning in 1898. she's found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment. there's a problem, however, because apparently when the defense appealed the case the supreme court overturns the ruling because of the way the judge instructed the jury. so they had to retry the case, and they retry did in 1904. and in 1904, she again was found guilty of murder in the first degree. she was sentenced muc