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.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has imposed a moratorium on executions while he is governor, and is moving to dismantle the United States' largest death row by moving all condemned inmates to other prisons. More from CBS News Person killed in nighttime shooting on Bancroft Avenue in East Oakland New ...
Analysis: Dozens of death row inmates in California are trying to get their sentences overturned with claims that they are mentally retardedROBERT SIEGEL
Today, the death penalty is legal. There arecurrently 747 inmates on death rowin California. The last execution in California took place back in 2006. Even though propositions to abolish the death penalty have been defeated in the past few year, there seems to be growing support for getting ...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to transform a state lockup that is home to the nation's largest number of death row inmates into a facility where prisoners can receive education, training and rehabilitation.
Why California Wants Single-Drug ExecutionsCalifornia has not executed any prisoners since 2006, but with749 inmates on death row, the...Fredrikson, Annika
The fraudulent claims have come from at least one hundred death row inmatesconfirming that California has unintentionally given money to multiple high-profile serial killers. According to Kern county’s District Attorney, Cynthia Zimmer, people close to the inmates filed EDD claims on their behalf, ...
The Pros and Cons of the Death Penalty for the Drug Abuse in Indonesia The last few years of Indonesian society preoccupied with the debate the pros and cons of the death penalty for drug traffickers. The debate arises, after President Jokowi rejected clemency filed several death row inmates, ...
Also, keep in mind that 697 people make up the death row list. California spends so much money on death row inmates that it would make total sense to abolish the death penalty entirely. California owes at least 265 billion dollars (Nation)! Between public facilities and budget deferrals, Cal...
Ironically, California's death row turned out to be a relatively safe place for Sully and the more than 600 other condemned inmates to be housed. California has only carried out 13 executions since Sully's arrival in 1986, and with the state gradually moving away from capital punishment, the...