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12 Jun 2007, 3:27 pm
  Read more here (from the San Jose Mercury News). [read post]
12 Jun 2007, 1:05 am
San Quentin prison staffers said they found Reynolds hanging from his bunk just after 8:30 p.m. [read post]
3 Jun 2007, 12:05 pm
just about six weeks ago we reported that back door efforts to build a new execution chamber at san quentin by california's terminator were shut down...the ass-grabbing former weightlifter's administration said that it has stopped building a new death chamber at san quentin state prison because of cost... [read post]
2 Jun 2007, 5:09 pm
Judge Fogel will visit San Quentin in October. [read post]
1 Jun 2007, 7:36 pm
A lawyer for San Quentin told Fogel the new chamber was about 80 percent done and could be finished within 90 days after the Legislature approves funding for it, estimated at more than $700,000. [read post]
18 May 2007, 7:04 pm
By CHRIS FRANCESCANI and ELIZABETH TRIBOLET May 16, 2007 Here's a look inside California's death chamber of the future.The state is in the midst of rebuilding its San Quentin prison execution chamber, which was built the year Amelia Earhart disappeared, in the midst of a growing national debate about the humanity of the popular three-drug cocktail death by lethal injection.Editor's Picks * Should… [read post]
18 May 2007, 6:36 pm
Fogel did not order the state to construct a new execution chamber at San Quentin, but did identify the cramped, old current chamber as a factor in finding the state couldn't guarantee a humane execution. [read post]
16 May 2007, 9:21 am
.' The judge found the former execution facility at San Quentin Prison poorly lit, overcrowded, and awkwardly designed for lethal injections. [read post]
15 May 2007, 11:49 pm
They also said they would complete construction of a new death chamber, as the existing facility at San Quentin Prison, originally the gas chamber, had to be maintained in case any inmates choose that method of execution. [read post]
15 May 2007, 3:42 pm
Erickson wrote to the San Francisco Superior Court last week from San Quentin State Prison, asking that the court clear up the record. [read post]
14 May 2007, 9:18 pm
CA DOC chief apologizes re death chamber secrecy Article Link : [www.marinij.com] Article : Prisons chief apologizes for death chamber debacle Edwin Garcia Article Launched: 05/09/2007 12:17:26 AM PDT SACRAMENTO - A contrite James Tilton, head of the California prison system, apologized Tuesday for lawmakers being kept in the dark about construction of a new death chamber at San Quentin State Prison. [read post]
13 May 2007, 12:45 am
May 13, 2007CaliforniaBattle over death chamberGovernor plans to release a plan this week to get the project back on track.By Andy Furillo, The Sacramento BeeIt started out as kind of a remodeling project, where corrections officialswould convert 2,800 square feet of a San Quentin State Prison visiting roominto a state-of-the-art execution chamber.The initial $400,000 cost was minimal, almost microscopic by statestandards. [read post]
5 May 2007, 7:14 am
from the diaries of the tennessee dude... andre burton, 44, has spent all of his adult life in a small steel cell...he has been on death row since he was 19... when united methodist bishop beverly shamana went to visit him in san quentin state prison burton told her she brought freedom... shamana is the president of the united methodist board of church and society... [read post]
21 Apr 2007, 2:52 pm
Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday halted construction of a new death chamber at San Quentin State Prison, the latest setback for California's beleaguered capital punishment program. [read post]
20 Apr 2007, 11:48 pm
San Quentin's cramped death chamber, built in 1938, was originally designed to gas prisoners. [read post]
20 Apr 2007, 9:33 pm
Arnold Schwarzenegger today halted construction of a new death chamber at San Quentin prison, the latest setback for authorities trying to resume executions after a 15-month hiatus triggered by a challenge to the state's procedures for lethal injections. [read post]
20 Apr 2007, 9:31 pm
Arnold Schwarzenegger today halted construction of a new death chamber at San Quentin prison, the latest setback for authorities trying to resume executions after a 15-month hiatus triggered by a challenge to the state's procedures for lethal injections. [read post]
14 Apr 2007, 10:00 am
San Quentin prison houses 600 death row inmates, more than any other prison in the country. [read post]
14 Apr 2007, 7:07 am
"To sneak a project like this through is just outrageous," said Assemblyman Jared Huffman, D-San Rafael, whose Marin County district includes San Quentin. [read post]