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Newsom pardons 19 people, including co-founder of San Quentin podcast ‘Ear Hustle’
4 weeks ago

Newsom pardons 19 people, including co-founder of San Quentin podcast ‘Ear Hustle’

LA Times  

In this Dec. 19, 2018, photo, Earlonne Woods gestures while speaking during an interview in Oakland, Calif. Gavin Newsom granted pardons for 19 people, including award-winning San Quentin podcaster Earlonne Woods. “Ear Hustle,” the popular and critically-acclaimed podcast that Woods co-founded from inside San Quentin State Prison in 2017, was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in 2020. The grantees …

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Letters to the Editor: Human judgment is imperfect. That’s why the death penalty is wrong
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Letters to the Editor: Human judgment is imperfect. That’s why the death penalty is wrong

LA Times  

The death chamber at the then-new lethal injection facility at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif., in 2010. He said he never met the parties, neither the accused nor the family of the victim, but rather he only reviewed the documentation of the cases and trials. He said that in death penalty cases, most were not crimes of …

‘Improving’ Justin Herbert misses Chargers’ first practice ahead of Steelers game
3 months, 1 week ago

‘Improving’ Justin Herbert misses Chargers’ first practice ahead of Steelers game

LA Times  

Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert was not seen at practice during the media viewing time Wednesday. Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert missed practice Wednesday after suffering an ankle injury during Sunday’s win over the Carolina Panthers. Herbert “got rolled up on” during the 26-3 victory, but he was able to finish the game, throwing for 130 yards on 14-of-20 passing with two …

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California death row inmate who received Oprah support loses effort to overturn conviction
3 months, 2 weeks ago

California death row inmate who received Oprah support loses effort to overturn conviction

LA Times  

Oprah Winfrey holds up “That Bird Has My Wings,” the autobiography of California death row inmate Jarvis Jay Masters. “We knew this battle for Jarvis’ exoneration from death row would not be easy, but we remain confident in the strength of our evidence and legal arguments,” attorney Michael F. Williams said. “I’m very upset with the system.” Masters had spent …

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The last sentence: How I became pen pals with an inmate on death row
3 months, 3 weeks ago

The last sentence: How I became pen pals with an inmate on death row

The Independent  

The first letter he sent was three pages long and penned in elegantly looped handwriting. Death row in California's San Quentin prison Show all 8 1 / 8 Death row in California's San Quentin prison Death row in California's San Quentin prison A condemned inmate exercises in a cage out in the yard of San Quentin prison Getty Death row …

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Supreme Court denies California’s appeal for immunity for COVID-19 deaths at San Quentin prison
7 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court denies California’s appeal for immunity for COVID-19 deaths at San Quentin prison

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied an appeal from California corrections officials who sought immunity from lawsuits claiming they acted with deliberate indifference when they caused a deadly COVID-19 outbreak at one of the world’s most famous prisons four years ago. The lawsuit stemmed from the botched transfer of infected inmates in May 2020 from a …

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Supreme Court denies California’s plea for immunity for COVID-19 deaths at San Quentin
7 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court denies California’s plea for immunity for COVID-19 deaths at San Quentin

LA Times  

Gilbert Polanco, a guard at San Quentin for more than two decades, contracted COVID-19 on the job and died in 2020. The Supreme Court on Monday turned down an appeal from California prison officials who sought immunity from lawsuits for having transferred inmates with COVID-19 to San Quentin in May 2020, setting off an outbreak that killed 26 prisoners and …

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Death row inmates are being transferred out of San Quentin. Chino city officials are sounding the alarm
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Death row inmates are being transferred out of San Quentin. Chino city officials are sounding the alarm

LA Times  

A condemned inmate is led to his cell in San Quentin’s Death Row. City and law enforcement officials in San Bernardino County say they are outraged after dozens of death row inmates were transferred from San Quentin State Prison to Chino. “The transfer of death row inmates to CIM creates tangible public safety concerns for local residents,” said San Bernardino …

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San Quentin State Prison: Running provides a new lease of life for inmates
8 months, 2 weeks ago

San Quentin State Prison: Running provides a new lease of life for inmates

CNN  

CNN — In San Quentin State Prison and decades through a lengthy sentence, Rahsaan Thomas wasn’t at the peak of his physical fitness, nor was he expecting that to change much. Sentenced to 55 to life in 2003 after fatally shooting one person and injuring another during a drug deal, Thomas joined the prison’s long distance running 1000 Mile Club …

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Newsom has approved three California prison closures but resists pressure to shutter more
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Newsom has approved three California prison closures but resists pressure to shutter more

LA Times  

The California Correctional Center in Susanville, shown in 2021, was one of three prisons Gov. Shortly after taking office, Newsom placed a moratorium on the death penalty and has approved the closure of three prisons since 2019, but his administration appears to be pulling back from a 2022 budget proposal that considered “right-sizing California’s prison system” by possibly closing even …

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Days before Easter, Newsom announces dozens of pardons and commutations
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Days before Easter, Newsom announces dozens of pardons and commutations

LA Times  

From left, Earlonne Woods, “Ear Hustle” co-founder and Bay Area artist Nigel Poor, and Rahsaan Thomas pose in an undated photo. Gavin Newsom on Friday moved to commute sentences for 18 people, issue pardons for 37 others and submit a pardon application for an award-winning San Quentin podcaster, Earlonne Woods. “I believe Earlonne will continue to educate, enlighten and enrich …

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California speeds plans to empty San Quentin’s death row
9 months, 1 week ago

California speeds plans to empty San Quentin’s death row

LA Times  

Prisoners on San Quentin’s death row will be transferred out by summer, as California moves to overhaul its oldest prison to emphasize training and rehabilitation. California is accelerating its efforts to empty San Quentin’s death row with plans to transfer the last 457 condemned men to other state prisons by summer. The condemned prisoners on San Quentin’s legendary death row …

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Why Quentin Grimes, even in his current state, gives Pistons the type of role player they badly need
10 months, 1 week ago

Why Quentin Grimes, even in his current state, gives Pistons the type of role player they badly need

New York Times  

The Detroit Pistons were the league’s most active team before the 2024 NBA Trade Deadline, executing a bevy of trades to move on from some veterans and shake up what has been the worst team in the league this season. Meanwhile, Grimes’ game wasn’t a great fit with Knick bench units that struggled to consistently create offense, especially after the …

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San Quentin project’s $360 million price tag should be slashed, governor’s advisory group says
11 months, 2 weeks ago

San Quentin project’s $360 million price tag should be slashed, governor’s advisory group says

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — An advisory council hand-picked by California Gov. Gavin Newsom recommended Friday that the governor slash by at least a third the cost of a $360 million project to remake the San Quentin State Prison, and use the saved money to improve living conditions at the facility. The 21-member advisory council, headed by Newsom political ally and Sacramento …

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Column: Tinkering with Prop. 47 won’t lower crime. Fixing San Quentin will
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Column: Tinkering with Prop. 47 won’t lower crime. Fixing San Quentin will

LA Times  

In 2020, after the tragic murder of George Floyd, there was a moment when it seemed as if America, California included, was ready to reform our broken and discriminatory criminal justice system. But what is about to happen inside San Quentin State Prison has the potential to fundamentally change crime and punishment in the Golden State, and beyond. Gavin Newsom …

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This butterfly farmer wants to strengthen the Republican Party's hold on Alabama
1 year, 3 months ago

This butterfly farmer wants to strengthen the Republican Party's hold on Alabama

NPR  

This butterfly farmer wants to strengthen the Republican Party's hold on Alabama Enlarge this image toggle caption Quentin Renard Gunn for NPR Quentin Renard Gunn for NPR ATHENS, Ala. — John Wahl spends his afternoons tending to the cocoons and fluttering creatures on his butterfly farm. Sponsor Message That's because he is chairman of the Republican Party of Alabama and, …

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Newsom wants to transform San Quentin State Prison. The council advising him can meet in secret
1 year, 3 months ago

Newsom wants to transform San Quentin State Prison. The council advising him can meet in secret

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s planned transformation of San Quentin State Prison into a rehabilitation facility after decades as the home for death row inmates is being shaped by a hand-picked advisory council that is allowed to meet in secret. “If there’s no public accessibility to the San Quentin advisory council meetings, that’s a really significant concern that …

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Newsom’s plan to transform San Quentin prison lacks details but is moving ahead
1 year, 4 months ago

Newsom’s plan to transform San Quentin prison lacks details but is moving ahead

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom has sweeping plans to transform San Quentin State Prison into a place where prisoners can be rehabilitated and receive job training before returning to society. Tucked in the back corner of San Quentin State Prison’s sprawling campus here sits a dilapidated warehouse, a humdrum building that’s fallen into disrepair since the days it was used as an office …

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This mom wants San Quentin prison to help daughter's killer
1 year, 5 months ago

This mom wants San Quentin prison to help daughter's killer

LA Times  

So is its counterpart, remorse. “It really hurts me that I don’t have not one recording of her singing,” Harrison said, ache as thick as syrup weighing down her words. “And then I made a decision that I couldn’t get Ciara back,” Harrison told me. “And so to turn this tragedy around, I wanted not only to heal forward and …

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Takeaways from the California budget deal between Newsom and Democratic lawmakers
1 year, 5 months ago

Takeaways from the California budget deal between Newsom and Democratic lawmakers

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom and California lawmakers agreed to a $310.8-billion budget deal that will include an expansion of Medi-Cal coverage and transforming parts of San Quentin State Prison into a rehabilitation center. The 2023-24 budget deal, which lawmakers will vote on in a series of bills this week, ends weeks of infighting among Democrats that began after the governor introduced a …

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Editorial: L.A. County’s mishandling of Care First model is a cautionary tale for Gov. Newsom
1 year, 9 months ago

Editorial: L.A. County’s mishandling of Care First model is a cautionary tale for Gov. Newsom

LA Times  

Living quarters at rebuilt Campus Kilpatrick in Malibu, pictured in 2017 shortly before the rebuilt juvenile probation camp’s opening. Care First, as the term is used in Los Angeles County government, refers to a reorientation of the county’s vast array of programs away from jail. Most people who leave L.A. County’s jails, juvenile halls and probation camps will be back …

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California will remake San Quentin prison, emphasizing rehab
1 year, 9 months ago

California will remake San Quentin prison, emphasizing rehab

Associated Press  

SAN QUENTIN, Calif. — Visiting San Quentin, California’s oldest prison once home to a gas chamber used to execute inmates on the nation’s largest death row, Gov. If San Quentin can do it, it can be done anywhere else.” Despite Newsom’s ambitious tone, he offered few concrete details on what the new system would look like and who it would …

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California will remake San Quentin prison, emphasizing rehab
1 year, 9 months ago

California will remake San Quentin prison, emphasizing rehab

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The infamous state prison on San Francisco Bay that has been home to the largest death row population in the United States will be transformed into a lockup where less-dangerous prisoners will receive education, training and rehabilitation, California officials announced Thursday. The inmates serving death sentences at San Quentin State Prison will be moved elsewhere in the …

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California will remake San Quentin prison, emphasizing rehab
1 year, 9 months ago

California will remake San Quentin prison, emphasizing rehab

LA Times  

Incarcerated men visit with Gov. Visiting San Quentin, California’s oldest prison once home to a gas chamber used to execute inmates on the nation’s largest death row, Gov. If San Quentin can do it, it can be done anywhere else.” Despite Newsom’s ambitious tone, he offered few concrete details on what the new system would look like and who it …

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