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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Two Death Row Inmates Want to Reject Joe Biden's Clemency—Here's Why
Shannon Agofsky and Len Davis have filed emergency petitions seeking to block the commutations of their death sentences.
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“Swift trial, death penalty, televised” - Internet reacts to video of Kenneth fire suspect’s arrest
Amidst all catastrophic wildfires in Southern California, the Kenneth fire broke out west of LA’s West Hills neighborhood.