California Moves To Dismantle Nation's Largest Death Row
California Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to move all condemned inmates from San Quentin State Prison to other prisons.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to move all condemned inmates from San Quentin State Prison to other prisons.
The goal is to turn the section at San Quentin State Prison into a "positive, healing environment.”
The plan is for Salinas Valley State Prison to receive some of these death row inmates.
California, which last carried out an execution in 2006, is moving to dismantle its death row and move all condemned inmates to other prisons.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who three years ago placed a moratorium on executions, now is moving to dismantle the United States' largest death row by moving all condemned inmates to other prisons within two years.