In his cell on death row, her boyfriend kept a cellphone. ... Life after California’s death row: What happens when condemned inmates get a second chance. May 1, 2025. Show Comments.

Two inmates on California's death row were found dead over the weekend in incidents that officials are investigating as a pair of suicides. Andrew Urdiales, 54, and Virendra Govin, 51, were found ...

A 55-year-old man convicted of two counts of first-degree murder in Riverside County was found dead in his cell on death row on Wednesday, according to the California Department of Corrections and ...

Dec. 14 (UPI) --California prison officials said a death row inmate was found dead in his cell early Monday. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said in a statement that ...

Perez had been on death row since 2002. He was convicted in the 1998 home invasion robbery turned murder of 46-year-old Lafayette woman Janet Daher. The last California death row inmate to be ...

A coalition of California and national civil rights leaders called on Governor Gavin Newsom to commute the death sentences of ...

(California Department of Corrections via AP) SAN QUENTIN, Calif. – Authorities say a man who was sent to California's death row for killing and mutilating a 5-month-old girl has died of natural ...

Newsom's directive to dismantle death row did not alter the sentences for condemned men and women. But it did dramatically upend their lives. Hundreds of death row inmates from San Quentin have ...

More than 200 Civil rights groups urge Gov. Gavin Newsom to use his powers to commute California's more than 500 death ...

A 68-year-old California inmate on death row in San Quentin State Prison was found dead hanging in his cell, authorities said Tuesday. CNN values your feedback 1.