Oct. 25
CALIFORNIA:
Former executioners say it's time to kill the death penalty
Jerry Givens is no stranger to the death penalty. As former chief executioner
for the state of Virginia, Givens executed 62 convicted criminals.
"I carried out 37 executions by lethal injection and 25 by el
Sept. 19
CALIFORNIA:
Yes on Prop. 34, death penalty repeal
California's death penalty has not satisfied anyone since it was reinstated 35
years ago. Those who are morally opposed to capital punishment decry the 13
lives taken by the state. Those who believe the death penalty brings ju
Oct. 29
CALIFORNIA:
L.A. announces plan to reduce backlog of unexamined DNA evidence from
violent crimes City officials acknowledge that the funding of the $700,000
effort is uncertain. The proposal is scheduled for a City Council vote
Wednesday.
Top city officials Tuesday unveiled a pla
Jan. 22
CALIFORNIA:
Marking Time On Death Row; Crime: A jury will determine whether Santiago
Pineda will be the next on death rowProfiles of 12 sentenced to death
for L.B. crimes
Within the last 2 decades, 1,384 people have been killed in the city of
Long Beach.
They have died for an
Oct. 2
CALIFORNIA:
Child murderer on San Quentin's death row dies of apparent heart attack
A 60-year-old child murderer on death row at San Quentin State Prison has
died of an apparent heart attack after being incarcerated for almost 17
years, a lieutenant said today.
Robert Jackson Tho
Dec. 31
CALIFORNIA:
No public hearing for inmate
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Friday he would not hold a public clemency
hearing for Clarence Allen, who is scheduled to be executed Jan. 17 for
ordering the murder of 3 people in 1980.
Allen, 75, is the oldest man on death row, and is as
August 19
CALIFORNIA:
'Potential Development' in Peterson Case
In a surprise move Wednesday, the judge in Scott Peterson's murder trial
postponed the cross-examination of Peterson's former mistress and sent the
jury home for the rest of the week because of an undisclosed "potential
develop
