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3 days ago · Times have drastically changed for California’s death row since Dykes entered the prison system. The state hasn’t executed anyone in nearly 20 years, and Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a moratorium ...
1 day ago · Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, put a moratorium on California's death penalty in 2019 and closed the gas chamber at San Quentin. The moratorium said the state’s death penalty system “is unfair ...
Jan 31, 2022 · Published 1:40 PM PDT, January 31, 2022. SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who three years ago placed a moratorium on executions, now is moving to dismantle the United States’ largest death row by moving all condemned inmates to other prisons within two years.
3 days ago · The Alameda County District Attorney created a hotline for victims and survivors impacted by death penalty cases. The office can be reached by phone at 510-208-9555 or by email at shawn.mitchell@acgov.org. The discovery of notes highlighting the race and ethnicity of potential jurors led to the latest allegation that prosecutors prevented Black ...
Apr 9, 2024 · Civil rights organizations, legal organizations, and a law firm filed a first of its kind writ petition in the Supreme Court of California challenging the state’s death penalty statute as racially discriminatory and unconstitutional under the Equal Protection guarantees of the California Constitution.
Feb 1, 2022 · California ’s death row — the largest in the country — will be dismantled within two years, Governor Gavin Newsom announced on January 31, 2022. Under Newsom’s plan, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) will transfer the men on death row in San Quentin State Prison to other maximum security state prisons.
Apr 9, 2024 · SAN FRANCISCO — Today, a consortium of nationally renowned civil rights organizations, legal organizations, and a law firm filed an extraordinary writ petition in the Supreme Court of California challenging the state’s death penalty statute as racially discriminatory and unconstitutional under the Equal Protection guarantees of the California Co...
