Former part-time De Anza instructor Daniel Mackay was convicted of voluntary manslaughter on April 7 by a jury in an Alameda County courthouse. The conviction stems from the 1998 slaying of Mackay’s wife, Debby Mackay. Mackay taught Manufacturing Design at De Anza for 14 years before bludgeoning his wife to death with a baseball bat. Mackay faces up to a maximum of 12 years in prison.
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