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Tag: death penalty

An inmate walks around the exercise yard at San Quentin State Prison on April 12, 2022. Photo by Eric Risberg, AP Photo
Posted inJustice

Gavin Newsom moves to ‘transform’ San Quentin as California prison population shrinks

Avatar photo by Nigel Duara March 16, 2023March 21, 2023

San Quentin housed California’s death row for decades. Now Gov. Newsom wants the prison on San Francisco Bay to emphasize rehabilitation and helping inmates re-enter society.

California's Death Row at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin on Dec. 29, 2015. REUTERS/Stephen Lam
Posted inPolitics

Is this another way to end California’s death penalty?

Avatar photo by Alexei Koseff February 9, 2022February 9, 2022
A guard stands on duty in California's Death Row at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin on December 29, 2015. Photo by Stephen Lam, REUTERS
Posted inWhatMatters

Is California’s death penalty on its way out?

Avatar photo by Emily Hoeven February 9, 2022February 9, 2022
California Capitol, home of the Assembly and Senate. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inCommentary

California’s death penalty is reconsidered again

by Dan Walters June 7, 2021June 3, 2021
Wooden gavel with open law book. The California Supreme Court is expected to make a key death penalty ruling. Image via iStock
Posted inWhatMatters

Death penalty faces critical test: Will California high court raise bar?

Avatar photo by Emily Hoeven June 1, 2021June 1, 2021
California Capitol, home of the Assembly and Senate. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inCommentary

Prosecutors feud over criminal sentencing laws

by Dan Walters February 21, 2021February 17, 2021
Due to high winds and dry conditions PG&E will turn off the power to over 361,000 customers in 36 counties to protect them from possible wildfires caused by downed power lines. Photo by Jose Carlos Fajardo, Bay Area News Group
Posted inWhatMatters

Orange County besieged with blazes; Northern California largely spared

Avatar photo by Emily Hoeven October 27, 2020October 27, 2020
Posted inWhatMatters

Latest election results + A Socialist in California + Death penalty persists + Unexpected tax bounty

Avatar photo by Dan Morain March 4, 2020August 20, 2021
Assemblyman Anthony Rendon smiles at his wife, Annie Lam, before he was sworn-in as 70th Speaker of the California Assembly
Posted inCapitol, Politics

‘Adjustments, for sure’: CA Speaker talks 2020 priorities, politics — and parenting

by Laurel Rosenhall January 5, 2020January 6, 2020
Posted inWhatMatters

PG&E gets a win, Newsom isn’t satisfied, taxing weed, and a murderer dies on death row

Avatar photo by Dan Morain and Judy Lin December 18, 2019December 18, 2019

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