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Mar 13, 2019 · These are the 737 inmates on California's death row. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order to impose a moratorium on the death penalty in California. The order will prevent the state from ...
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Are these California death row inmates too insane to...
- Too Insane to Execute
By 2013, California had the nation’s highest rate of suicide...
- Your Ballot Box Guide to California's 17 Propositions
A yes vote repeals the 1978 law that imposes execution for...
- Will Ending The Death Penalty Save California More Money Than Speeding up Executions
The figure also includes the cost of trials, lengthy appeals...
- Politicians Don't Normally Overrule Voters. On The Death Penalty, Gavin Newsom Just Did
Death row inmate John Abel at San Quentin State Prison. In...
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To all my brothers on death row, please continue to help each other. Zack woke at 5:30 a.m. Tuesday, meeting first with his wife, Ann-Kristin, and later in the day with his spiritual advisor.
Dec 16, 2022 · Death sentences in 2022 were 93.7% below the peak of 315 in 1996. Executions have dropped by 82% since their peak of 98 in 1999. The number of people on death row across the country also declined for the 21 st consecutive year, with resentencings to life or less again outpacing the number of new death sentences.
Mar 18, 2022 · Douglas Ray Stankewitz is California’s longest-serving death-row prisoner. The 63-year-old Monache and Cherokee Indian from the Big Sandy Rancheria has spent 43 years in San Quentin State Prison for a crime he says he didn’t commit: the Feb. 8, 1978 carjacking and murder of 21-year-old Theresa Graybeal in Fresno, California.
Dec 16, 2021 · An online poll of Ohio registered voters, released in January 2021, found that 54% preferred some form of life in prison to the death penalty (34%) as the punishment for murder. After being provided information on innocence, costs, and other issues, 59% favored replacing the death penalty with life without parole.
Jan 17, 2006 · California’s death row population is an excellent example of the racism inherent in capital punishment. African-Americans make up 34% of California’s death row while comprising only 6% of the state population; Latinos comprise 26% of the prisoners on death row and 39% of the population, and whites make up the smallest number on death row with 32% while accounting for 35% of the general ...
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Oct 25, 2022 · The California Supreme Court overturned Peterson's death sentence in 2020 for killing his pregnant wife two decades ago. A state judge is now considering if he deserves a new trial.