SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — After 30 years on death row, a man convicted of three murders during a crime spree in San Diego was awarded a new trial. Billy Ray Waldon, circa 1985. (FBI) The California ...

A mafia member on death row was beaten to death by three other inmates at a prison in Southern California, officials said. No staff or other inmates were injured.

Shortly after taking office in 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a moratorium on executions and ordered death row dismantled. Years later, inmates say they have a bittersweet new lease on life.

By Stephanie Becker, CNN (CNN) — A convicted murderer who has been on California’s death row for 33 years must either be released or retried after a federal judge on Thursday approved the ...