Life after California’s death row: Condemned inmates get second chance
SAN FRANCISCO — By age 46, Bob Williams had spent more than half his life in isolation, waiting to die on San Quentin’s death row. Williams was…
Three dead girls and a man on death row. Did lies put him there?
PLACERVILLE, Calif. — One by one, in the summer of 1984, teenage girls vanished off the streets of this historic town in the foothills of…
Inside San Quentin’s experiment: Can California change prison culture?
SAN QUENTIN — To someone living outside these dank walls, the changes might seem small.A sergeant greets a prisoner with “good morning” rather than barking an…
Newsom leaves Vatican with pope’s praise for refusing death penalty
VATICAN CITY — In an opulent hall in the Apostolic Palace framed in marble and adorned with Renaissance murals, Gov. Gavin Newsom waited in a line…
Why death sentences of 15 men might be stopped by Santa Clara D.A. Jeff Rosen
Capital punishment in California exists in law, but in practicality ended in 2019 when Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered death row to be dismantled. Still, 625…
California speeds plans to empty San Quentin’s death row
California is accelerating its efforts to empty San Quentin’s death row with plans to transfer the last 457 condemned men to other state prisons by…