She was wary at the prospect of leaving death row at the Central California Women’s Facility. Though set up like a “chicken coop,” Sarinana said, the women inside formed a supportive community.

A coalition of California and national civil rights leaders called on Governor Gavin Newsom to commute the death sentences of ...

California inmate on death row for 33 years must either be released or retried due to prosecutorial misconduct Stephanie Becker, CNN Fri, August 2, 2024 at 11:06 PM UTC ...

More than 200 Civil rights groups urge Gov. Gavin Newsom to use his powers to commute California's more than 500 death ...

Following a happenstance case break, detectives in Southern California found the person responsible for an unsolved 1986 homicide of a 19-year-old woman – a serial killer already on death row.

A mafia member on death row was beaten to death by three other inmates at a prison in Southern California, officials said. No staff or other inmates were injured.

Mississippi executes the longest-serving man on the state's death row for a woman's murder in 1976.

She was wary at the prospect of leaving death row at the Central California Women's Facility. Though set up like a "chicken coop," Sarinana said, the women inside formed a supportive community.

She was wary at the prospect of leaving death row at the Central California Women's Facility. Though set up like a "chicken coop," Sarinana said, the women inside formed a supportive community.

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

Shortly after taking office in 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a moratorium on executions and ordered death row dismantled. Years later, inmates say they have a bittersweet new lease on life.