California’s next governor could be forced to make a life-or-death decision that the state’s top executive hasn’t faced in over a decade; whether to … [Read more...]
Tennessee schedules three executions
Tennessee has scheduled three executions this year, after nearly a decade without them, according to USA Today. Dozens of Death Row prisoners lost … [Read more...]
Death Row inmate freed after serving more than 25 years
A man who spent 27 years on Death Row walked out the prison gates on April 17, 2018. “He appeared amazed to be on the other side of the wall,” Public … [Read more...]
French journalist films San Quentin Death Row inmate
Keith Zon Doolin is on death row despite evidence of his innocence, according to Agnes Buthion, a French journalist who has directed a documentary … [Read more...]
Arizona inmates allowed more privileges
Many of Arizona’s death-row inmates are no longer spending their days in solitary confinement, reported The Associated Press (AP). The Arizona … [Read more...]
2017's low executions only 23
Though 2017 had the second fewest annual prison executions in several decades—23 executions to be exact—the controversies surrounding capital … [Read more...]
A man’s life conversion testimony from Death Row
I was arrested on Oct. 1, 1983, just 55 days after my 21st birthday. A jury in California then convicted me of the charges, which were held against … [Read more...]
Governor may stall death penalty
Gov. Jerry Brown is in control of how fast executions resume in California, according to the Los Angeles Times. Currently, there is an injunction … [Read more...]
SQN launches new website, sanquentinnews.com
The Last Mile inmate coding program, Code.7370, has designed a new website for San Quentin News at www.sanquentinnews.com. Inmate Harry Hemphill built … [Read more...]
Death penalty ballot fails to impose strict inmate appellate deadlines
A key provision in last year’s death penalty ballot initiative to speed up executions failed to impose strict deadlines on how much time is allowed to … [Read more...]