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…
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…
PLACERVILLE, Calif. — One by one, in the summer of 1984, teenage girls vanished off the streets of this historic town in the foothills of…
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…
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…
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 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…