Editor’s Note: This story was published in partnership with San Quentin News and was written ... waist chains and leg irons with just enough room to shuffle my feet forward.

The first state-run execution was at San Quentin in 1893, followed by Folsom in 1895. Hanging was replaced by lethal gas in 1937, with the last hangings at Folsom in 1937 and San Quentin in 1942.

A global nonprofit organized a flight to take dozens of dogs and cats from San Diego Humane Society's shelter to Northern California and Oregon on Friday to clear space for pets from the Los ...

The Vapor Room, which has operated in San Francisco for more than 20 years, remains closed indefinitely. San Francisco police plan to hold a town hall meeting next week to discuss the shooting.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court has set a March 7 date for the latest execution in the state's suddenly busy death chamber. The justices on Friday rejected a request from ...

When the curtain to the death chamber opened, Bowman briefly looked at his attorney on the other side of the glass in the witness room ... Friday’s execution was the third in South Carolina ...

When the curtain to the death chamber opened, Bowman briefly looked at his attorney on the other side of the glass in the witness room before ... he was not guilty. His execution was the third ...

To honor her memory, USA TODAY is looking back at Brown's life and her death as Frazier's execution approaches. Brown was attacked as she slept in her bedroom in the early morning hours of Nov. 26 ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma board rejected clemency on Wednesday for a man sentenced to die for fatally shooting a woman during a 2005 home-invasion robbery, clearing the way for him to ...