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Death Row Inmate at San Quentin Dies
A 58-year-old man on death row at San Quentin State Prison for killing four people in the Stockton area in 1997 died Sunday after being found unresponsive in his cell, state correctional officials announced Wednesday.
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Lisa Montgomery, 1st Woman to Face Federal Execution in Decades: Lawyers Have COVID, Seek Delay
Lawyers for Lisa Montgomery, the first woman to face the federal death penalty in decades, asked for a delay in her execution because they caught coronavirus while working on her case, NBC News reports.
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Scott Peterson Death Sentence to Be Retried: Prosecutors
Prosecutors in Stanislaus County said Friday they plan to retry the penalty phase in the case of convicted murderer Scott Peterson, who is on death row at San Quentin State Prison. Jodi Hernandez reports.
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Scott Peterson Death Sentence to be Retried: Prosecutors
Prosecutors in Stanislaus County said Friday they plan to retry the penalty phase in the case of convicted murderer Scott Peterson, who is on death row at San Quentin State Prison in Marin County.
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Scott Peterson Death Sentence to Be Retried: Prosecutors
Prosecutors in Stanislaus County said Friday they plan to retry the penalty phase in the case of convicted murderer Scott Peterson, who is on death row at San Quentin State Prison in Marin County, California. Sharon Katsuda reports.
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DA's Office Agrees to Re-Sentence Last Man on Death Row out of SF to Life
San Francisco’s District Attorney agreed to take man serving time for murder at San Quentin State Prison off death row.
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Governor Orders More DNA Testing in 1983 California Killings
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered DNA testing on evidence that a death-row inmate says would prove his innocence in a 35-year-old murder case that has drawn national attention.
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Fourth Arkansas Inmate Convulses During Execution With Controversial Drug
The controversy over midazolam, a drug used during state executions of convicted inmates, rises following the execution of a fourth Arkansas inmate in eight days. Witnesses say Kenneth Williams, convicted for the 1999 murder of two people, moved and shook during his execution Thursday night.
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Texas Lawyer Files Federal ‘Birther' Suit Against Presidential Candidate Ted Cruz
A veteran attorney in Ted Cruz’s hometown of Houston has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Canadian-born senator’s eligibility to be president.
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Georgia Inmate Denied Six-Pack of Beer as Last Meal
A Georgia death-row inmate was denied a six-pack of beer as his last meal, prison officials said. “His request was declined as alcohol is a contraband item,” the Georgia Department of Corrections said in a statement. Marcus Ray Johnson will be given the standard baked fish, cheese grits, beans, cole slaw and cookies meal instead on Thursday when he’s schedule...
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Funeral Held for Terry Carter, Record Company Founder Allegedly Killed by “Suge” Knight
Mourners gathered at a West Adams church Saturday for the funeral of Terry Carter, a 55-year-old foster parent struck and killed by a rap mogul’s pickup truck in Compton last week.