"Newsom's past actions have made it clear he deplores capital punishment as deeply as many civil rights advocates," writes columnist Robin Epley.

The manhunt continued Thursday after for an inmate who walked away from San Quentin State Prison and is believed to have carjacked a vehicle overnight. Shalom Mendoza, 21, was last seen at the prison ...

An inmate on death row at San Quentin State Prison died early Thursday morning, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The CDCR says Spencer Brasure, 49, was found ...

Civil rights advocates are urging California to make Clarence Ray Allen's execution the last by permanently ending the state's death penalty, citing its high cost and ineffectiveness as a deterrent.

SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (AP) — 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. Gavin Newsom on Friday touted a ...

POLITICAL REPRESENTATION HAS BEEN A STAPLE of the California prison system for more than 40 years. Like citizens in the free world, residents of prison communities elect representatives from among ...