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.

Former San Quentin prisoner Albert “Ru-Al” Jones reached out to Ben Kinmont five years ago looking for help. Today, the pair are seeking $80,000 for Jones’ manuscripts.

Nathan Hochman speaks at a news conference in Los Angeles on March 10, 2025. Damian Dovarganes/AP Hochman said that under the new death penalty policy, defense attorneys will be allowed to present ...

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In 2006, l was convicted of murders I did not commit, then was promptly hauled off to San Quentin’s notorious death row. Though I have never been a stranger to societal injustices, there’s something ...

The gas chamber at San Quentin was used from 1938 to 1967, executing 194 people. Legal challenges halted executions from 1967 to 1992.

But a 2019 poll by the Public Policy Institute of California found that 62% of respondents favor abolishing the death penalty in favor of life in prison without the possibility of parole. A condemned ...

The backstory: Her rise in Democratic politics began in California’s courtrooms. Voters elected her first as San Francisco’s district attorney and then as the state’s attorney general.

Pamela Miller, Juila’s daughter, told the court “That bastard needs to be sentenced to death.” A judge agreed and Jones was sent to California’s death row.

She prevailed, and the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated Jones’ death sentence. In 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a moratorium on executions, shuttering San Quentin’s death chamber. 7.

A judge agreed and Jones was sent to California’s death row. But Pamela Miller told an LA Times reporter that the sentencing was pointless because of how rarely executions were carried out. A guard ...