Another Death Row inmate dies
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California's Death Row at San Quentin State Prison
According to the Associated Press, 69-year-old Dennis Lawley was found dead of natural causes in his prison cell on San Quentin’s Death Row on Sunday afternoon. Assuming departmental statistics are up to date, Lawley’s death is the 56th time a condemned inmate has died of natural causes since the death penalty was reinstated in California in 1978. Meanwhile, 19 have committed suicide, 6 have died of unspecified causes, and a total of 14 have been executed.
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Judge: Imported execution drugs illegal
The Federal District Court in Washington D.C. today ruled that execution drugs obtained by U.S. prisons from foreign suppliers are illegal and will have to be returned to the Food and Drug Administration. A number of states purchased sodium thiopental–an … Read More
- Lethal injection drugs harder and harder to find
- Executions on hold for at least another year in California
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Inside the Division of Juvenile Justice
Michael Minor is chief deputy secretary of the Division of Juvenile Justice at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. It’s his job to help shape the future for this department that’s potentially on the budget chopping block. KALW’s Holly … Read More
- Judge: Imported execution drugs illegal
- ACLU: Counties opting for incarceration, not rehabilitation