A Sacramento judge on Friday formally imposed the death penalty for Adel Ramos, who pleaded guilty to the ambush killing of ...

Adel Ramos was given a death penalty sentence for the killing of Sacramento police officer Tara O'Sullivan​ in June 2019, the ...

Three forthcoming education and vocational training buildings by SHL and DLR Group stand to add new amenities at San Quentin, ...

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.

By age 46, Bob Williams had spent more than half his life in isolation, waiting to die on San Quentin'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.

Serial killer Richard Ramirez died 12 years ago on June 7, 2013. Here's everything to know about how Richard Ramirez, a.k.a. the so-called "Night Stalker," died after being sentenced to death.

William Bonin, dubbed the “Freeway Killer,” r*ped, tortured, and murdered at least fourteen boys and young men across Southern California between 1979 and 1980 before his arrest in a green Ford Econol ...

A lot of country singers get called "outlaw." But here are some legendary performers who really served prison time.

LAPD Officer Paul Verna’s widow looked across the courtroom at her husband’s killer, who had just been sentenced to death for the second time in 15 years. “I don’t accept your apology--I ...

Sentencing will happen Friday for the man who ambushed and murdered Sacramento Police Department Officer Tara O'Sullivan.