Jan. 4
CALIFORNIAimpending execution
Do not execute Clarence Ray Allen, says Secretary General of the Council
of Europe
"The death penalty is a brutal and vindictive travesty of justice" said
Terry Davis, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, in a statement
issued today.
"Followi
August 12
CALIFORNIA:
Peterson Told Frey He Loved 'The Shining'
Prosecutors played for jurors a series of telephone calls Scott Peterson
made to his mistress -- including one where he tells her "The Shining" is
"the best movie ever" -- in their attempt to show his nonchalance just
days af
Aug. 28
CALIFORNIA:
Killer's death penalty tossedD.A., defense agree man in '80 Healdsburg
slaying is mentally deficient, ineligible for execution
A man convicted in one of Sonoma County's more notorious crimes has been
spared the death penalty after 27 years on death row.
On Wednesd
May 3
CALIFORNIA:
An Interview with Kevin CooperTalking Sports from Death Row
Kevin Cooper is a sports fan. Kevin Cooper loves the Steelers. Kevin
Cooper makes his home on death row at the notorious San Quentin
Penitentiary in California. Cooper awaits execution for a crime many
obser
May 3
CALIFORNIA:
Michael Franti Playing San Quentin Prison Concert
Outspoken Anti- recording artist and award-winning documentary filmmaker
Michael Franti will perform an extremely rare San Quentin Prison concert
on Saturday, May 19th at 11 a.m. With a theme of tolerance and
co-existence,
Oct. 11
CALIFORNIA:
A Risk-Filled Use of DNA
At first glance, Proposition 69 seems an easy call: The measure, as its
backers argue, would probably help solve more cold crimes by rapidly
expanding the state's existing criminal DNA database. But the measure is
so broadly written that each ye
March 13
CALIFORNIA:
Death penalty and hesitation to use it both cost California
When prison guards strapped 3-time killer Donald Beardslee to a gurney and
administered a lethal injection just after midnight on Jan. 19, it was the
1st California execution in more than 3 years.
Beardslee,
Jan. 11
CALIFORNIA:
Death Penalty Proposal Will Alleviate Backlog, George Tells Commission
Chief Justice Ronald M. George yesterday told the California Commission on
the Fair Administration of Justice that a constitutional amendment is
needed to alleviate the large backlog of full-briefed d
Aug. 25
CALIFORNIA:
Serial killer's penalty phase likely to carry emotional toll
Having already found him guilty of serial murders, a jury deciding the
fate of William Jennings Choyce now may get a glimpse into the defendant's
childhood and psychological makeup in the second part of his t
Sept. 27
CALIFORNIA:
Some suffering permissible during execution, judge says
Far removed from San Quentin's death chamber, the unprecedented legal
challenge to California's lethal injection method got under way Tuesday in
a quiet San Jose courtroom as witnesses began to bore into the deta
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