Death penalty cases are increasingly rare in the Bay Area, especially after Gov. Gavin Newsom implemented a moratorium on executions in 2019 and moved to dismantle San Quentin prison’s death row.

Death penalty cases are increasingly rare in the Bay Area, especially after Gov. Gavin Newsom implemented a moratorium on executions in 2019 and moved to dismantle San Quentin prison’s death row.

Prosecutors in San Mateo County said they will seek the death penalty against the man suspected of ... and closed the state's execution chamber at San Quentin, ... 587 people on death row.

SAN QUENTIN, Calif. - San Quentin's baseball team has been a prison yard institution for 123 seasons, but this year something happened for the first time. On a crisp, unusually clear Friday ...

A group of men formerly incarcerated at San Quentin returned to go head to head on the baseball field with men who are currently incarcerated. KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco Posted: June 2, 2025 | Last ...

How to Survive shares six survival tricks learned inside San Quentin prison and how they apply to extreme situations. They offer practical advice on staying safe in confined, high-risk environments.

Arkansas death row inmate Latavious Johnson died of unknown causes at the Varner SuperMax prison on Friday afternoon, according to the state’s department of corrections. He was in his 40s.

'Last Meals,' the Mads Mikkelsen and Boyd Holbrook starring prison drama from Oscar nominee Ramin Bahrani has given international buyers an appetite.

Oklahoma prosecutors say they will retry longtime death row inmate Richard Glossip a third time for his role in the 1997 killing of his former boss. The decision announced Monday ...

Stephen Stanko, a South Carolina death row inmate, chose lethal injection after a firing squad execution was criticized as "botched" and raised concerns about execution methods.

Re: “DA will seek death penalty” (Page A1, June 4). I respectfully disagree with San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe’s decision to seek the death penalty in the Half Moon mass ...