The death penalty in California is receiving fresh attention. A federal appeals court heard arguments last month on whether the state's death penalty is unconstitutional, given the length of time ...

By 2013, California had the nation’s highest rate of suicide on Death Row. Eleven inmates killed themselves from 2006 to 2013. Prison records show that officials had referred each of them for ...

The state hopes to permanently empty California's death row by this fall, a CDCR official says. Friend vows to fight the effort. A public hearing on the issue is scheduled in Sacramento for March 8.

SAN FRANCISCO — California this week pushed ahead with controversial efforts to dismantle the largest death row system in America. Under Gov. Gavin Newsom, the state is moving to make the ...