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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]
29 Aug 2011, 10:54 am by brian
The lethal-injection chamber at San Quentin State Prison in California. [read post]
20 Nov 2009, 8:22 am
In California fear had an early lead as San Quentin prison opened in 1851, just two years after statehood, and well ahead of the University of California which was chartered in 1868. [read post]
7 Jan 2009, 8:21 am
"State decides to seek public input on execution plan," is Howard Mintz' report in today San Jose Mercury News.California officials have abandoned a legal fight over their bid to secretly overhaul the state's execution method, a move that sends the issue back to square one and leaves San Quentin's newly constructed execution chamber idled for the foreseeable future.Gov. [read post]
9 Feb 2011, 8:14 am by Steve Hall
The federal judge weighing whether California can resume executing condemned prisoners toured San Quentin State Prison's new lethal injection facility Tuesday in what he called a fact-finding mission to help determine whether the state's revised procedures meet constitutional standards. [read post]
20 Jun 2011, 4:50 pm by brian
The witness room for victims' family outside the new lethal injection chamber at San Quentin State Prison. [read post]
17 Mar 2021, 6:47 am by Ryan J. Farrick
The family of a California inmate who died from novel coronavirus has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Corrections, claiming a combination of poor planning and general negligence led to an uncontrolled outbreak. [read post]
30 Oct 2017, 2:40 pm by CJLF Staff
CA Death Row Inmate Found Dead:  A California murderer awaiting execution at San Quentin State Prison has been found dead by unknown causes. [read post]
11 Feb 2011, 7:53 am by Steve Hall
  On Tuesday, Judge Jeremy Fogel of the Federal District Court in northern California toured a new facility at San Quentin State Prison for executing inmates. [read post]
4 Feb 2011, 12:37 pm by brian
When serial killer Rodney James Alcala was hustled off to death row at San Quentin State Prison in April, he joined 57 other killers condemned to die by Orange County judges. [read post]
15 Aug 2008, 1:19 pm
8-15-2008 California:Federal courts have ruled that prisoners, like this inmate at San Quentin, must have access to basic medical care. [read post]
13 Mar 2019, 1:04 pm by CrimProf BlogEditor
From the Los Angeles Times: The order will prevent the state from putting prisoners to death by granting temporary reprieves to all 737 condemned inmates on California’s death row, the largest in the nation. [read post]
2 Aug 2007, 7:13 am
The article is about Vernell Crittendon, the recently retired spokesperson for San Quentin State Prison in California. [read post]
9 Jun 2011, 12:12 pm by brian
" At press time, officials at San Quentin State Prison had determined that inmate Vincente “Lobo” Díaz came across as slightly eccentric, granted, but basically likable. [read post]
6 Jul 2012, 11:14 am by Jeralyn
The San Francisco Chronicle had this feature on life on death row at San Quentin in 2004. [read post]
5 Aug 2019, 6:44 pm
Quentin, ed. (2005) Prose and Cons: Essays on Prison Literature in the United States. [read post]
12 Aug 2010, 9:37 am by Kent Scheidegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger's administration said Wednesday it will borrow nearly $65 million from the state's cash-strapped general fund to begin building a new 1,152-bed death row at San Quentin State Prison.But of course we don't need a 1,152-bed death row. [read post]
24 Apr 2012, 6:07 am by brian
Backers of the measure say abolishing the death penalty will save the state millions of dollars through layoffs of prosecutors and defense attorneys who handle death penalty cases, as well as savings from not having to maintain the nation's largest death row at San Quentin prison. [read post]
21 Apr 2011, 9:26 am by CJLF Staff
Any Help is Better Than No Help:  CNN writer Amanda Watts reports inmates at California's San Quentin helped rescue two boaters who had fallen and drifted from their boat in the San Francisco Bay early Wednesday. [read post]
30 Dec 2010, 1:03 pm by CJLF Staff
   As reported by Ruby Gonzales of the Mercury News, Stansbury died on San Quentin's death row in 2003 while awaiting execution for the kidnap, rape and murder of 10-year-old Robin Jackson in Pomona. [read post]