Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order to impose a moratorium on the death penalty in California. These are the men and women currently on death row.
Schwarzenegger adopting stiff clemency criteria for California death-row inmatesDAVID KRAVETS, AP Legal Affairs Writer
Anthony John "Jack" Sully was a former Millbrae police officer who went on a drug-fueled killing spree in the San Francisco Bay Area 40 years ago that ended the lives of five young women and one man in their teens and early twenties. Some were tortured, at least one was raped; all we...
A Tennessee death row prisoner has declared a hunger strike, saying he is protesting issues with medical care, the quality of the food, and individual padlocks on cell doors that he says are a safety hazard Associated PressFeb. 12, 2025 Lawyers for Inmates Ask Judge t...
Death Row inmates part of California's 'massive' unemployment fraud; totals could top $1B Officers aid the suspects used the stolen personal identification to create fake profiles in the real victims’ names, which were then used to apply for EDD unemployment benefits. During the...
More than 15,500 inmates have been infected, and 76 died as outbreaks ballooned in several of the state’s prisons, including San Quentin, home to the state’s death row. More than 4,200 employees were sickened and 10 have died statewide. ...
Overall, the state has acknowledged paying at least $400 million in phony claims, including thousands in the names of prison inmates, including some on death row. However, fraudulent claims have fallen significantly since last fall, when the state installed new safeguards, including contra...
Most of the inmates awaiting death were men--98% (or 2,502 people)--while 2% (or 51 people) were women. Bison: 500,000 skeeze // Pixabay Bison: 500,000 Although they once roamed in giant herds numbering up to 30 million, today there are only about 500,000 bison in America. It...
A Los Angeles police officer shot and killed Manuel Jamines, a Guatemalan immigrant. His death led to several days of violent protests. Police said Jamines was threatening people with a knife. Prisons in 2013 California Department of Corrections said 100 inmates ended a two-month hunger strike ...
Rogers said that for family members of inmates, the amount of information they receive about their loved ones' medical status is minimal. "When you don't get a call or anything to know that your loved one is OK, I mean, as far as we know they could be hospitalized," she said. "We...