Inmate Transfer Pilot Program News Today

Dateline: Unforgettable looks into Sam Herr and Julie Kibuishi's murder by Daniel Wozniak. The episode "Plot Twist" airs on December 20.

Some states have abolished the death penalty. California has a moratorium but holds the most people on death row. Texas, where Murphy is held, has carried out five executions so far this year.

Activists are pushing back against Gov. Gavin Newsom's plan to transform California's oldest prison into a Scandinavian-style rehabilitation center.

A draft bill in Idaho would allow firing squads if lethal injection is unavailable. A December execution was called off when the state couldn't get the drugs.

The suggestions give a preview of criminal justice bills California lawmakers will likely debate next year.

Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to move all death row inmates to other prisons within two years, columnist George Skelton writes.

Officials with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said Monday the agency has already begun the process of phasing out death row at San Quentin State Prison in Marin County.

UCLA's student newspaper The Daily Bruin released a scathing editorial on the school's response to a mass shooting threat.

The Condemned Inmate Transfer Pilot Program has moved more than 100 people off of death row at San Quentin State Prison and the California Central Women’s Facility and into other housing locations, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

The Condemned Inmate Transfer Pilot Program has moved more than 100 people off of death row at San Quentin State Prison and the California Central Women's Facility and into other housing locations, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.