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  1. Virtual Tour Inside San Quentin's Death Row

    Take a look inside San Quentin's death row with Los Angeles Times reporter Paige St.John. California's crowded death row is as defined by architecture as it ...

  2. These are the 737 inmates on California's death row

    The order will prevent the state from putting prisoners to death by granting temporary reprieves to all 737 condemned inmates on California's death row, the largest in the nation. Below are the ...

  3. What it's like on California's Death Row

    The murders, committed in 1991, stemmed from a gang conflict in the Los Angeles area. Unlike many people we talked to on death row, Bankston readily admitted his guilt. "Oh, absolutely. I did terrible things brother, terrible things that I'm not proud of.". Like Bankston and the other men in the exercise yard, inmates who don't ...

  4. Newsom closed death row. He's not exactly hyping that.

    Grim setting, no reaper. California is shutting down death row at San Quentin. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) By the end of summer, they will be gone and death row will no longer exist. No ...

  5. The last days of death row in California: 'Your soul is tested here'

    The 546 San Quentin residents on death row will continue to have death sentences, ... His group of about a dozen men, heading to a prison outside Los Angeles in July 2021, made a brief stop in the ...

  6. A rare peek at San Quentin's death row, and ...

    A guard stands watch over the condemned prisoners housed in East Block during a media tour of death row at San Quentin prison. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times) 11 / 11

  7. Death Row Records Launches 'The Death Row Experience' Virtual Museum

    Death Row Records has launched the 'Death Row Experience' today, a virtual retrospective gallery that celebrates the 30th anniversary of the iconic label this year. The Los Angeles based ...

  8. A look at the hard life inside San Quentin's Death Row

    Condemned prisoner Scott Peterson, (right) with a fellow inmate is seen in the exercise area of during a tour of North Segregation of death row at San Quentin State Prison on Tuesday December 29 ...

  9. From death row, a path to redemption

    Los Angeles Times. From death row, a path to redemption An inmate's leadership in a mental health program garners results and praise 2023-12-27 - By Thomas Curwen ... Visitors who arrive at Twin Towers for a tour of Armstrong's floor are escorted by sheriff 's deputies, and on at least one occasion last year were greeted by Brendan ...

  10. 'Harry-O': The untold story of Death Row Records

    Michael 'Harry-O' Harris: The untold story of Death Row Records. In the 1980s, Michael "Harry-O" Harris was known as the Godfather on the streets of South Central Los Angeles. Working with gangs like the Bloods and Crips, plus the Colombian cartel, Harris was in charge of a nationwide drug trafficking operation that brought in nearly $2 ...

  11. Death Row Records Launches 'The Death Row Experience' Virtual Museum

    The Los Angeles-based company catapulted gangster Rap […] Fans will be able to experience one of Hip-Hop's greatest collectives in the digital age. Death Row Records has launched a new virtual ...

  12. Death Row Records Launches the 'Death Row Experience' Virtual Museum

    Death Row Records has launched the ' Death Row Experience' today, a virtual retrospective gallery that celebrates the 30th anniversary of the iconic label this year. The Los Angeles based company ...

  13. California moves to dismantle the nation's largest death row by ...

    After a 45-day public comment period and a public hearing in March, the state hopes to start moving all 671 death row inmates - 650 men and 21 women — into several other prisons across the ...

  14. Death Row Records, Los Angeles, United States

    Address Death Row Records (formerly) 8200 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA. Death Row Records (formerly) Death Row Records is the most famous rap label in the world. An institution whose name alone evokes the sounds of some of the most influential figures in the business.

  15. California Department of Corrections to being phasing ...

    California Department of Corrections to begin phasing out San Quentin death row There are still 399 condemned prisoners living there. The youngest is 24 and the oldest 93 -- all of them will be ...

  16. Photos: Death row tour

    A death row inmate gets some phone time on the East Block at San Quentin prison. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times) Condemned inmate Douglas Clark tries to tell his story to reporters touring the ...

  17. 'Grim Sleeper' Serial Killer Dies on Death Row

    Lonnie David Franklin Jr., who killed at least 10 people between 1985 and 2007 -- mainly in the South Los Angeles area -- has died at the age of 67, officials at San Quentin State Prison said ...

  18. Death row prisoner transfers spark outrage in Southern California

    The death row transfers have also opened old wounds in the local communities where condemned inmate Kevin Cooper is concerned. Cooper escaped from CIM in 1983 and brutally murdered four people ...

  19. Chino leaders demand removal of death row inmates from local prison

    Mary Ann Hughes, right, speaks at a news conference outside Chino City Hall on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, concerning the state's recent movement of condemned inmates from San Quentin Prison's death ...

  20. Death Row Movie Tickets & Showtimes Near You

    What is Death Row about? Los Angeles Premiere! 188 min. Director Werner Herzog continues the exploration of capital punishment that he initiated in INTO THE ABYSS with a series of four 47-minute documentaries: PORTRAIT: JAMES BARNES, PORTRAIT: HANK SKINNER, PORTRAIT: JOSEPH GARCIA AND GEORGE RIVAS, and PORTRAIT: LINDA CARTY. ... Tickets must be ...

  21. Tyler Anderson strikes out the side in the 5th

    Angels @ Rangers. May 17, 2024 | 00:00:23. Reels. Tyler Anderson strikes out three batters in a row during a 1-2-3 5th inning against the Rangers. More From This Game.

  22. A revealing look at California's death row

    California's crowded death row is as defined by architecture as it is the legal battles that have blocked executions since 2006. The original men's death row, the fourth floor of the north cell ...

  23. Classic Queen concert to make its debut on Disney+

    Monday, May 13, 2024 5:32PM. "Queen Rock Montreal" makes its streaming debut on Disney+ May 15. LOS ANGELES -- It's Queen seen and heard in a whole new light. "Queen Rock Montreal" will make its ...

  24. Charlie Cox is ready to return in 'Daredevil: Born Again'

    Wednesday, May 15, 2024 3:13PM. Charlie Cox is ready to return in "Daredevil: Born Again," premiering March 2025 on Disney+. LOS ANGELES -- Daredevil fans rejoice. It's been almost 10 years since ...

  25. LeBron James shows up to watch Bronny at NBA draft combine

    Wednesday, May 15, 2024 8:36PM. CHICAGO -- Bronny James ' famous father was on hand Wednesday to watch him play at the NBA draft combine. LeBron James showed up wearing a black hoodie and sat in ...

  26. Mental health support for others gives death row inmate purpose

    A death row inmate finds purpose in providing mental health support. I first met Craigen Armstrong last year during a tour of his floor in the Twin Towers Correctional Facility.

  27. 9 of 10 wrongful death suits over Astroworld concert crowd surge ...

    FILE - Visitors cast shadows at a memorial to the victims of the Astroworld concert in Houston on Nov. 7, 2021. Nine of the 10 wrongful death lawsuits filed after deadly crowd surge at the 2021 ...

  28. Death row inmates are being transferred out of San Quentin. City

    A condemned inmate is led to his cell in San Quentin's Death Row. California is shutting down death row and transferring 471 condemned people out of the prison and into the general population at ...

  29. These seniors are learning Hula to celebrate Hawaiian culture

    Elder teaches Hula to all ages, but her most unique class is probably the 55-and-over instruction for mature adults taught at San Ramon-Alcosta Senior and Community Center. "The soft, graceful ...

  30. A New Florida Attraction: Virtual Death Row Tours

    Welcome to a cell on Florida's death row, where 368 men and three women spend their lives, leaving only for showers, short visits and recreation periods. They've been joined to date by more ...