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5 May 2010, 2:28 pm by Steve Hall
Two hours before Morales was to die by lethal injection, a federal judge effectively halted his execution and all those to follow until the state built a new death chamber at San Quentin Prison which includes separate viewing areas for family members and press and devised new death penalty procedures. [read post]
21 Jun 2016, 11:02 am by Kent Scheidegger
  Prison largely incapacitates, but not entirely, as this AP story reminds us.Officials say a prison guard is recovering after he was attacked by a condemned inmate on California's death row.They say 27-year-old Jesse Manzo assaulted the San Quentin State Prison correctional officer Thursday evening as he was being escorted back to his cell after taking a shower.Manzo slipped his wrist out of an open handcuff and used the… [read post]
22 Nov 2008, 4:10 pm
"OP 770 states the procedure is subject to the approval of the San Quentin Warden(Warden) and the CDCR Secretary. [read post]
11 Jun 2008, 1:11 pm
Meanwhile, 12 new condemned inmates arrive at San Quentin annually, on average. [read post]
19 Sep 2008, 3:06 pm
He argued the changes were exempt from undergoing public hearings because it affected only San Quentin State Prison, where Morales was to be executed, and it did not change procedures throughout the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.And:The case came before the appeals court because Morales' attorneys filed a lawsuit in the Marin County Superior Court, where San Quentin is located, against the California Department of… [read post]
16 May 2007, 9:21 am
Constitution's protection against 'cruel and unusual punishment.' The judge found the former execution facility at San Quentin Prison poorly lit, overcrowded, and awkwardly designed for lethal injections. [read post]
17 Sep 2007, 9:06 am
The state is trying to develop a new protocol, in part by building a death chamber to replace the one at San Quentin State Prison, which Fogel found was poorly lighted and designed as well as overcrowded. [read post]
26 Apr 2010, 9:37 am by Steve Hall
The lawsuits are far from being resolved, and most observers believe it could be years before another execution takes place at San Quentin Prison.Even before the suspension, only 13 condemned inmates have been executed from the time capital punishment resumed in the state in 1977 until February 2006, when U.S. [read post]
8 Nov 2007, 9:06 am
District Judge Jeremy Fogel issued an order this week calling off a formal site review of the new death chamber at San Quentin State Prison later this month and postponing hearings on the case scheduled for Dec. 10 and 11 in his courtroom. [read post]
24 May 2011, 8:40 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Plata (see the opinion), ordering them to lower the number of state prison inmates by as many as 38-46,000. [read post]
15 Dec 2006, 5:26 pm
Although the judge didn't come out and explicitly say it, there were strong hints that San Quentin personnel may be stealing the sodium thiopental sedative that is supposed to knock out the inmates  before they receive the second injection of deadly — and extremely painful — chemicals.On page 10 of the opinion, Fogel noted that "one former execution team leader, who was responsible for the custody of sodium thiopental… [read post]
12 Aug 2010, 1:40 pm by Steve Hall
Arnold Schwarzenegger to expand the death row complex at San Quentin State Prison. [read post]
24 Aug 2007, 8:33 am
The state maintains that one key fix is an upgraded death chamber to replace San Quentin's antiquated old execution unit. [read post]
3 May 2012, 8:59 am by Steve Hall
In a release Wednesday, District Attorney Steve Cooley says both inmates have each been on San Quentin's Death Row 25 years. [read post]
14 Sep 2007, 7:38 pm
In the meantime, the state's execution machinery has ground to a halt for the more than 650 inmates on death row. [read post]
10 Jul 2012, 11:21 am by CJLF Staff
San Quentin Prison Spokesman Answers Questions About Scott Peterson: FoxNews.com reports a list of questions about death row inmate Scott Peterson was recently submitted to San Quentin prison by Fox News Channel San Francisco bureau correspondent Claudia Cowan and producer Mike Lundin. [read post]
29 Nov 2006, 2:31 pm
In addition, the brief asserts that the execution team at San Quentin State Prison is "unlicensed, untrained, unprofessional and incompetent" to carry out its duties. [read post]
4 Mar 2011, 8:55 am by Steve Hall
That money is to be repaid by the sale of prison construction bonds.When lawmakers in 2003 approved the new San Quentin complex, it was expected to cost $220 million. [read post]