Cost of seeking death penalty is high in California — but the state doesn’t conduct executions
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against Sacramento police rookie Tara O’Sullivan’s killer — but at what cost?
Jury says it’s split over death penalty for Sacramento cop’s killer. What happens next?
The jury of seven women and five men told Judge James Arguelles that they were split on whether Adel Sambrano Ramos should be ...
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State see-saws back to ‘tough on crime’ position | California Focus
Crime has been a see-saw issue in California for most of the last 40 years. Leniency was the vogue for awhile recently. But now the balance is back to getting tougher, as polls this fall showed ...
Serial Killer Stalked Los Angeles in 'Incredibly Calculated' Way Until Son's Arrest Helped Lead to Capture
Franklin, a seemingly unassuming grandfather and a former LAPD mechanic and sanitation worker, was finally caught in 2010 ...
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Serial killer Rodney Alcala's trail of murder
In 1977, Rodney Alcala was out of prison and living in New York ... And again, the sentence was death. Alcala had been on San Quentin's death row since 1980. Now, with a second conviction and a second ...
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State see-saws back to tough on crime
OPINION- Crime has been a see-saw issue in California for most of the last 40 years. Leniency was the vogue for awhile recently. But now the balance is back to getting tougher, as polls this fall ...
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Now two San Quentin prison staffers have been indicted over past two months
SAN QUENTIN — Federal prosecutors have been uncovering alleged crimes within the walls of California’s oldest prison, but ...
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Feds: Former San Quentin officer planted contraband, scammed overtime
A former officer at San Quentin prison has been indicted over allegations he planted contraband in a scheme to "discover" it himself, increase his overtime pay and get promoted to sergeant, according ...
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How division over a Texas death row inmate’s guilt became a battle between branches of government
The Texas Supreme Court is considering whether a legislative subpoena of a death row inmate infringed on the executive branch ...
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South Carolina death row prisoners request pause in executions over winter holidays
Attorneys for the inmates are reportedly to ask the state Supreme Court to halt executions and issue any more death warrants ...