San Quentin Crime

Crime, law and justice, and police blotter near San Quentin, CA or anywhere in the US.

Recent Crime News

• Calif. death row inmate found hanging in cell

  3 hrs ago | via KLKN 

  Eyewitness accounts from the Syrian massacre are emerging, describing shadowy gunmen slaughtering whole families in their homes and targeting the most vulnerable in poor farming villages.

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• Notorious child killer found hanged at San Quentin

  11 hrs ago | via Pacific Sun 

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• Child Killer Commits Suicide on Death Row

  11 hrs ago | via KTLA-TV Los Angeles 

  Convicted child killer James Lee Crummel, 68, was found hanging in his cell on death row at San Quentin State Prison.

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• Inmate facing execution in O.C. case commits suicide...

  13 hrs ago | via Los Angeles Times 

  An inmate sentenced to death hung himself in his cell at San Quentin State Prison over the weekend, officials announced on Tuesday.

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• San Quentin death row inmate found hanging in cell

  Yesterday | via Marin Independent Journal 

  A San Quentin State Prison death row inmate convicted of killing a 13-year-old boy in Southern California has committed suicide, prison officials said.

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• CYA goes to reform school

  Monday | via NewsReview.com 

  When violence broke out between two angry young men, and immediately the canisters of Mace hissed on the floor, Shariffe Vaughn knew he was a world away from the safety of his Del Paso Heights home.

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  Related Topix: Ione, CA, Sacramento County, CA, Family, Parenting

• Discussion on life in prison set for Sunday

  Saturday May 19 | via Examiner.com 

  According to a recent study, three out of four African-Americans in the District of Columbia are estimated to have some interaction with law enforcement at some point in their lifetime, whether it be arrest, city jail or federal prison.A Furthermore in DC, anyone who's convicted of a crime may find it difficult to receive public housing, student ... (more)

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• CineMarin: Hollywood's 'Golden' era

  Tuesday May 15 | via Pacific Sun 

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  Related Topix: San Francisco, CA, Marin County, CA, Humphrey Bogart, Celebrities, San Quentin, CA

• Calif. Victims' Group Opposes Abolishing Death Penalty

  Tuesday May 15 | via News Max 

  A victims' rights group is asking a California appeals court to remove a proposition to abolish the death penalty from the November ballot, calling the initiative a "cruel and deceptive measure." In a petition filed Monday on behalf of a murdered police officer's family, the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation said the initiative illegally combines ... (more)

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• Bump California death penalty measure from November ...

  Monday May 14 | via Whittier Daily News 

  From inside the death chamber of the lethal injection facility at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif., Sept.

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• Longtime Client Died in His Prison Cell, But Lawyer ...

  Wednesday May 9 | via ABA Journal 

  For nearly 20 years, Scott F. Kauffman has been representing Dennis Lawley in an appeal of his 1989 first-degree murder conviction.

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  Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, San Quentin, CA

• Alan MacLeese, popular Flint Journal columnist, reme...

  Monday May 7 | via MLive.com 

  Al MacLeese, a Flint Journal columnist in the 1970s, was a story teller; he delighted in talking about his escapades in the Navy and the early years of his career.

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• Previously: The shooting of John Buck

  Apr 17, 2012 | via San Jose Mercury News 

  John Buck, a San Jose police officer, was fatally wounded during a car stop of armed robbery suspects in 1933.

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