Not only is Newsom aiming for a more humane environment at the prison, but emptying Death Row saves money. The average prisoner in San Quentin costs the state around $60,000 a year, but those on ...

Charles Manson died while serving nine life sentences in 2017 — nearly 50 years after masterminding the 1969 killings of ...

Twenty-three states have abolished the death penalty. California should join them in ending state-sponsored executions.

Since 1973, 4% of death row inmates are now exonerees, but that doesn’t tell you anything about how many people with ...

Oyler has since spent more than a decade sitting on Death Row at San Quentin State Prison But a 2018 law, Senate Bill 1437, amended the requirements of a murder conviction: Someone must be the ...

San Quentin State Prison is one of North America's most notorious jails. It has held convicts like Charles Manson, and today it houses the largest death row population in the USA. It is here that ...

Show more Behind the walls of San Quentin State Prison in California, three men sentenced to life for murder undertake running a marathon. Training all year, their route is unconventional ...