Category: DEATH ROW
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The Night Stalker Case and Wrongful Convictions
Five prisoners have been found innocent and released from San Quentin’s death row, the most recent in April 2018, when Vicente Benavides was released after 25 years. According to The Innocence Project, more than 3,000 people have been wrongly convicted since 1989, highlighting significant flaws in the capital punishment system. Since 1973, 196 individuals have been exonerated…
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San Quentin Part 2: Conditions of Death Row
The Death Penalty in America “The question we need to ask about the death penalty in America is not whether someone deserves to die for a crime. The question is whether we deserve to kill.“ – Bryan Stevenson, founder of Equal Justice Initiative The United States is the only Western industrialized nation that practices capital…
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San Quentin Part 1: Ramirez’s Life on Death Row
“San Quentin, what good do you think you do?Do you think I’ll be different when you’re through?You bent my heart and mind, and you warp my soul. Your stone walls turn my blood a little cold.” – Johnny Cash “San Quentin“ Founded in 1852, San Quentin State Prison is California’s oldest correctional facility. Located on a…
Expendable For A Cause. 