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Advocate and what she learned through volunteering in prison. But first, lets go inside san quentin to hear from inmates who have been participating in a unique program. One thats helping them tell their stories in their own words. When a person decides to change, they want everyone to know theyve changed. So its important for them to get that out. Television portrays prison as this negative place where people just are running around being violence, but san quentin is actually totally the opposite from that. These guys are going to college. Every day, they go to selfhelp groups, religious serv...

RED BLUFF >> Sitting on a couch at his home in this remote farm town last week, Charles Erbert thumbed through a well-worn Bible to find the passage that captures his perspective on the most emotionally charged issue on November’s ballot: California’s death penalty. “Scripture tells us not to kill, but it also tells us […]

Death sentence for killer of San Leandro cop in 2005 upheld by state Supreme Court FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Irving Ramirez before his trial for the killing of San Leandro police officer Nels “Dan” Niemi. The Califorina Supreme Court unanimously upheld his death sentence Thursday for fatally shooting the officer in 2005.Christina Koci Hernandez / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of3 San Leandro police officer Nels “Dan” Niemi, who was killed in 2005.Michael Maloney / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 3of3 The state Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously upheld a Newark man’s death sent...