The man, Ramon Salcido, showed no reaction when an interpreter told him the jury's verdict, although one juror wept as the sentence was read.
Female jurors wept after hearing of his 1983 convictions for three rapes.
By this time, jurors were openly weeping.
Four jurors wept as the verdict was announced.
The 12th juror, Dawn Scott, wept quietly, dabbing at her eyes with a tissue.
He sent them back, and when they returned less than an hour later, one juror, Andrea Laporte of Union City, was weeping.
As the sentences were announced two women jurors wept and there were cries of "Yes!
At least four jurors, one man and three women, wept anyway.
At least five jurors wept as the jury was polled.
Three jurors wept with him as he told them about his 3-year-old's terror of water.