A Sacramento judge on Friday formally imposed the death penalty for Adel Ramos, who pleaded guilty to the ambush killing of ...

Death penalty cases are increasingly rare in the Bay Area, especially after Gov. Gavin Newsom implemented a moratorium on executions in 2019 and moved to dismantle San Quentin prison’s death row.

By age 46, Bob Williams had spent more than half his life in isolation, waiting to die on San Quentin's death row.

Prosecutors in San Mateo County said they will seek the death penalty against the man ... death penalty and closed the state's execution chamber at San Quentin, ... has 587 people on death row.

But some incarcerated people now believe that all lifers will eventually be transferred from San Quentin, just like most who were living in the condemned unit otherwise known as death row. “They ...

Kern Valley State Prison violence in California leaves death row inmate Julian Mendez dead in attack involving multiple inmates, prompting investigation by prison officials and district attorney.

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are investigating after a death row inmate was killed at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano on Friday. Convicted murderer ...

Last year, the high court granted Ruben Gutierrez a reprieve 20 minutes before he was to receive a lethal injection.