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Results 1 - 20 of 174 in San Quentin, CA

  1. Twice-Told TalesRead the original story

    15 hrs ago | Contra Costa Times

    Police seek knifer after tavern brawl: Melvin Phelps recently returned after being released form San Quentin, was being sought this week by Brentwood police to face charges of assault with a deadly weapon, following an altercation in an Oak Street tavern early Wednesday in which he is accused of knifing Keith Ditmars.

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  2. How one treats animals is a sign to who they really areRead the original story

    13 hrs ago | The Lake Stevens Journal Online

    ... crimes against humans. The majority of inmates who are scheduled to be executed for murder at California's San Quentin penitentiary "practiced" their crimes on animals, according to the warden." We also need to remember that just because someone ...

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  3. 'The Perfect Husband' true story movie based on Laci Peterson and Scott PetersonRead the original story w/Photo

    Sunday May 19 | Examiner.com

    MARCH 17: convicted murderer Scott Peterson poses for a mug shot March 17, 2005 in San Quentin, California.

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  4. Could city flush $250K down toilet?Read the original story

    Saturday May 18 | The Modesto Bee

    ... and can cost $1,300 to $2,200 each — not exactly dealbreakers. If these fixtures can withstand the San Quentin crowd, certainly they're sturdy enough for the upstanding folks of Modesto, and even for those who aren't quite so bursting with ...

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  5. Ex-gang member devotes his life to reaching at-risk youthsRead the original story

    Sunday May 19 | The Modesto Bee

    ... students. He found an avatar family in the gang, he said, and the murder gave him the distinction of being San Quentin's youngest lifer at the time. "I literally became an animal," he told the students, many of whom acknowledged brushes with gang ...

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  6. Letter from Cannes: Why "Fruitvale Station" Is Already an Oscar Shoo-InRead the original story w/Photo

    Friday May 17 | San Francisco Magazine

    ... hour feels slow in places, but it's slow with a purpose. We get ample evidence of Grant's failings - his time in San Quentin (which comes back to haunt him during his ill-fated ride on BART), his drug dealing, violence, and irresponsibility. But we ...

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  7. Judge Henry Broderick, who replaced judge slain in Marin courthouse shootout, dies at 86Read the original story w/Photo

    Friday May 17 | Marin Independent Journal

    ... who replaced slain judge Harold Haley on the Marin Superior Court bench and presided over the infamous San Quentin Six Trial, died May 7 at his home in San Rafael. He was 86. Judge Broderick left private legal practice in 1972 when then-Gov. Ronald ...

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  8. Do prisoners align themselves based on racial, ethnic, and religious groups like they do on TV shows?Read the original story

    Thursday May 16 | Sarah In Tampa

    ... ed volunteers since inmates do not have access to the internet. This program with Quora is part of The Last Mile San Quentin. Twitter: @TLM

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  9. $50,000 Prisoner Prescription: Inmates Get Expensive Hepatitis C TreatmentRead the original story

    Monday May 13 | CBS Local

    ... behind the walls and been inside that system and so I understand it very clearly," says Sousa. He did time in San Quentin, but today he says he's clean, sober and a certified counselor at C.O.R.E. Medical Clinic in Sacramento . He says many of those ...

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  10. Religion & Ethics NewsWeeklyRead the original story

    Monday May 13 | KISU-TV Pocatello

    Guiding Rage into Power - GRIP -- A program in California's San Quentin prison that uses meditation to help inmates address the root causes of their violent behavior.

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  11. Program 1636Read the original story

    Sunday May 12 | KLRN-TV San Antonio

    ... 9.2 (World)] 5/15/2013 at 12:00 PM [KLRN 9.1 HD] Guiding Rage into Power - GRIP -- A program in California's San Quentin prison that uses meditation to help inmates address the root causes of their violent behavior. The creator of the program tells ...

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  12. Capital of Torture - TehranRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday May 9 | CNN

    ... a reporter for KALW Radio in San Francisco is one of the few reporters to visit California's death row at San Quentin Prison. In a report released on 29th April 2013 she stated that in the block she visited, there were 500 inmates, in 4-by-10 foot ...

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  13. Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly Listings - May 10Read the original story

    Wednesday May 8 | Religion News Service

    ... 1636 will be fed over PBS at 5:00 p.m. EST on May 10. Guiding Rage into Power - GRIP - A program in California's San Quentin prison that uses meditation to help inmates address the root causes of their violent behavior. The creator of the program ...

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  14. Nellie McKay, Philippe Quint, Michael Bacon To Perform At Downtown...Read the original story w/Photo

    Tuesday May 7 | Mi2n

    ... musical bios, I Want to Live!, the story of Barbara Graham, the third woman executed in the gas chamber at San Quentin, and Silent Spring - It's Not Nice to Fool Mother Nature on the life of environmental pioneer Rachel Carson. Nellie is currently ...

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  15. Inmate on San Quentin's death row diesRead the original story

    Tuesday May 7 | Marin Independent Journal

    A 55-year-old inmate who spent more than 20 years on San Quentin State Prison's death row for the rape and murder of an 87-year-old woman has died.

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  16. Man condemned for killing woman, 87, dies in San Quentin prisonRead the original story

    Tuesday May 7 | Inside Bay Area

    ... California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said in a statement Monday that Mario Lewis Gray died at San Quentin State Prison, where he was being held without a cellmate. Gray had been on death row since March 1990, when he was sentenced ...

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  17. Death-row inmate dies at San QuentinRead the original story

    Monday May 6 | SFGate

    ... California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said in a statement Monday that Mario Lewis Gray died at San Quentin State Prison, where he was being held without a cellmate. Gray had been on death row since March 1990, when he was sentenced ...

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  18. "What I Saw at San Quentin"Read the original story

    Friday May 3 | Sentencing Law and Policy

    ... are excerpts from the start and end of a fascinating read: While I have been through some other state prisons, San Quentin was different. It was opened in 1852 as the state's first prison. It was located on a 432 acre point facing the San Francisco ...

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  19. Democrats kill death penalty reform proposals in CaliforniaRead the original story

    Friday May 3 | Sentencing Law and Policy

    ... last execution by cyanide gas was in 1993. A federal judge ruled a year later that the gas chamber at San Quentin caused excruciating pain and violated the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Lethal injections at the prison were ...

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  20. Death penalty changes rejectedRead the original story

    Wednesday May 1 | SFGate

    ... last execution by cyanide gas was in 1993. A federal judge ruled a year later that the gas chamber at San Quentin caused excruciating pain and violated the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Lethal injections at the prison were ...

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