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13 hrs ago | KSWB-TV San Diego

Death penalty is considered a boon by some California inmates

A guard checks cells on California's death row at San Quentin State Prison. The condemned live in single cells that are slightly larger than the two-bunk, maximum-security confines elsewhere, they have better access to telephones and they have 'contact visits' in plexiglass booths by themselves rather than in communal halls as in other ...

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Related Topix: Prison, California, Death Penalty, State Prisons

Thu Nov 05, 2009

My58.com

I-5 Strangler Gets 6 Life Terms In Prison 2hr

The so-called I-5 Strangler was sentenced Thursday to six consecutive life sentences after pleading guilty to six Northern California killings in an effort to avoid the death penalty.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Death Penalty, State Prisons, Prison, El Dorado County, CA, Sacramento Metro

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Sacramento Bee

Donation boosts Sacramento diving rescue unit's capabilities

Divers for the all-volunteer DART team now have a sonar device that will help them rescue people in danger of drowning or aid in a safe recovery of a body.

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Related Topix: Sacramento, CA, Scott Peterson Trial, State Prisons, Prison

Mon Nov 02, 2009

San Francisco Chronicle

Does San Quentin need a new Death Row?

Does San Quentin need a new Death Row? Calling it the 'Cadillac Death Row', Assemblymen Jared Huffman voiced his strong opposition at a recent public forum, to plans to build a new $400 million expansion of the Death Row facility on the western grounds of San Quentin State Prison.

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Related Topix: San Quentin, CA, State Prisons, Prison, Marin County, CA

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Los Angeles Times

Death takes no holiday at this grisly Hollywood museum

Every day is the Day of the Dead and Halloween for Cathee Shultz and J.D. Healy.

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Related Topix: Los Angeles, CA, Hollywood (Los Angeles, CA), Prison, State Prisons

Tue Oct 27, 2009

CLA Weblog

San Quentin REACH Visit - A Study in Contrast

I was honored to take my first look inside San Quentin State Prison on August 26th, 2009, while attending Project s Student Acknowledgement & Check Presentation Event.

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Related Topix: Prison, State Prisons

Sat Oct 24, 2009

KMPH-TV Fresno

Fresno Police Make Break In 30 Year-Old Cold Case

Fresno, CA- Fresno Police officers say years of persistence have paid off as they believe, they have solved a 30-year-old murder case.

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Related Topix: Fresno, CA, Fresno Metro, State Prisons, Prison, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Thu Oct 22, 2009

CBS 2 - KCAL 9

Night Stalker Linked To 1984 Murder Of Girl, 9

San Francisco police say the infamous serial killer known as the "Night Stalker" is a suspect in a 1984 San Francisco homicide of a nine-year old girl.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, San Francisco Metro, State Prisons, Prison

Press and Journal News

Ita s all about the man in blacka s music

IT WAS a cold night and a long trip, and the only way Bob Wootton could get to Fayetteville, Arkansas, was by hitching a ride in the back of an old pick-up truck.

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Related Topix: Fayetteville, AR, Fayetteville Metro, Prison, State Prisons

Tue Oct 20, 2009

MAGPIE

The Diggers Papers No. 26: "They're going to kill murder burn a brother"

About these three documents: Three searing broadsides advertising an event to protest the execution by electric chair of Daniel Roberts, a prisoner at San Quentin State Prison.

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Related Topix: State Prisons, Prison

Mon Oct 19, 2009

Salt Lake Tribune

Utah Humanities Book Festival: The book thief

Allison Hoover Bartlett, author of "The Man Who Loved Books Too Much," will read from her book Oct.

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Related Topix: Sundance Film Festival, Prison, State Prisons, John Steinbeck, Vocal

Sat Oct 17, 2009

Ukiah Daily Journal

Tasered man tested positive for meth

The man who died after being subdued by tasers Monday evening has been identified by the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office as Christopher John Belknap, 36.

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Related Topix: Mendocino County, CA, Ukiah, CA, State Prisons, Prison

Thu Oct 15, 2009

The Press-Enterprise

Man who died after struggle just out of prison

Authorities say a man who died Monday after being subdued by police with Taser stun guns had been released from San Quentin State Prison two days earlier.

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Related Topix: State Prisons, Prison, Ukiah, CA, Mendocino County, CA

Tue Oct 13, 2009

How Stuff Works

Arraignment

Arraignment, the calling of a person before a court of law to answer a criminal charge.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Prison, State Prisons

Sun Oct 11, 2009

Scotts Valley Banner

No harm no foul, perhaps, but if Colter were waving a gun...

Colter White with fellow honor society members at Cabrillo College. Courtesy photo.

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Related Topix: Boulder Creek, CA, State Prisons, Prison, Santa Cruz, CA, Live Oak, CA

Fri Oct 09, 2009

Los Angeles Times

Orange County Fairgrounds put on auction block

The Orange County Fairgrounds was placed on the auction block Thursday in an attempt to cut into the state deficit.

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Related Topix: Orange County, CA, Los Angeles Metro, Orange County Metro, Costa Mesa, CA, State Prisons, Prison

Wed Oct 07, 2009

Customer Interaction Solutions

Cabrillo student Colter White denied release by parole

A Cabrillo College honor student's first bid for freedom fell short Monday, his lawyer said.

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Related Topix: Prison, State Prisons, Santa Cruz, CA, Live Oak, CA

Tue Oct 06, 2009

San Francisco Bay View

Pen Pals: Find a friend behind enemy lines

Prisoners of Conscience Committee Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. preaches "One Prisoner, One Contact" because he knows from experience how lonely life behind enemy lines can be and how a letter from a friend - a pen pal - can liberate mind and spirit.

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Related Topix: Prison, Vacaville, CA, Soledad, CA, San Quentin, CA, State Prisons

Sat Oct 03, 2009

Scotts Valley Banner

Editorial: Free Colton White

Boulder Creek resident and Cabrillo College student Colter White was sent to San Quentin State Prison after a man in his Narcotics Anonymous group claimed Colter assaulted him in the Live Oak area last week.

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Related Topix: State Prisons, Prison, Drugs, California, Opinion

Thu Oct 01, 2009

VDARE.com

a oeKiller Groupies An Unexplained Mysterya

From the San Francisco Chronicle : Killer Groupies an unexplained mystery Stefan Tomik, Chronicle Staff Writer Even in his death row cell, satanic serial killer and rapist Richard Ramirez, the "Night Stalker,"receives bags of mail.

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Related Topix: Prison, Scott Peterson Trial, State Prisons, California

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