Even though plea agreements are considered contracts, they can be changed when new laws are passed through legislation, according to a new ruling by … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2013
The Experience of Freedom After a Life Sentence
Editor’s Note: Richard Lindsey was a former design editor of The San Quentin News. I was born into this world on Sept. 21, 1958. Twenty-nine years … [Read more...]
Why Is it That Gang Membership Is on the Rise?
A new report by the National Gang Intelligence Center indicates that gang membership is growing. The increasing numbers brings up an important … [Read more...]
Proposition 36 Still Beneficial to Many Prisoners
After spending nearly two decades in prison under California’s the Three Strikes Law, Chrisfino Kenyatta Leal went home from San Quentin a free man … [Read more...]
LETTER TO THE EDITOR by Best
To whom it may concern: I attended a tour of San Quentin State Prison on July 24. I wanted to thank all of the men housed at SQ for the strength, … [Read more...]
‘Crimes Victims United’ Fails To Represent the Majority Of Crime Victims, Study Says
Flipping through this year’s proposed criminal justice legislation, it is hard to miss Crime Victims United, a seemingly omnipresent victims’ rights … [Read more...]
News Briefs
1. Huntsville, Texas – The fi rst woman executed in the U.S. in nearly three years and a graduate student are the latest persons put to death in … [Read more...]
Teaching at San Quentin for Over 25 Years
Pat Maloney, 75, has been teaching art at San Quentin for more than 25 years. Maloney spent the first three years of his career at San Quentin … [Read more...]
‘San Quentin Report Hits Air Waves
Over half a century has passed since voices from San Quentin were broadcast on a regular basis over the radio waves. San Quentin returns to radio with … [Read more...]
CELEBRATING THE DAY OF PEACE
In spite of chilly weather, more than 1,000 prisoners wearing white T-shirts packed onto San Quentin’s Lower Yard on July 27 in support of the third … [Read more...]