Ethics and costs led one California DA to commute death sentences. Will Sacramento follow?
Two dozen men are under sentences of death sought by Sacramento County prosecutors and imposed by local juries, state data ...
Families who lost loved ones to violence find relief, doubt in California’s death penalty
Wife of murder victim Jon Johnson, Karen Johnson, hugs jury member Fred Young on May 12, 2010, outside the Sacramento ...
Biden commuted the death sentences of two California killers. Here’s what we know about them
Two San Fernando Valley men, who were sentenced to death over a decade ago for killing five people, have had their sentences ...
Three dead girls and a man on death row. Did lies put him there?
Michael Anthony Cox was convicted of the murders of three girls in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Years later, the two main ...
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Biden commuted 37 death sentences. Will California Governor Gavin Newsom do the same?
Death penalty opponents on Monday called on Gov. Gavin Newsom to commute the sentences of more than 600 people condemned to California’s death row to life without the possibility of parole after ...
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California wildfires rage into fifth consecutive day with death toll climbing, fresh evacuations
The devastating California wildfires moved into a fifth consecutive day on Saturday, with the number of people officially confirmed dead climbing to 11, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner ...
Map Shows Which States Carried Out Executions in 2024
Nine states—Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Indiana Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas and Utah—carried out executions this ...
Two death row inmates reject Biden's commutation of their life sentences
Two prisoners who are among the 37 federal inmates whose death sentences were commuted last month by President Joe Biden have ...
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Missouri's Death Row Had Nearly 100 Inmates in the 1990s. Now, It Has 8
Some of the most aggressive prosecutors pursuing the death penalty are in California, even though Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom placed a moratorium on its use. San Bernardino County District ...
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Biden commuted 37 death sentences. Will California Governor Gavin Newsom do the same?
advocates called on Gavin Newsom to do the same for California’s 605 death row inmates. Death penalty opponents on Monday called on Gov. Gavin Newsom to commute the sentences of more than 600 ...