Sentence Upheld for California Boy Convicted of Murdering his Father: The San Francisco Chronicle reports on the First District Court of Appeals' decision yesterday to uphold the sentence of a boy convicted of murdering his father in Berkeley at the age of 15. The court ruled the judge was correct in sentencing the boy to 50 years to life back in June 2008. In the 3-0 ruling, the court rejected the defense's argument that confinement wouldn't help the boy. Because he was tried as a juvenile, he will be released at the age of 25.
Rehearing Set for Mumia Abu-Jamal: Per an order from SCOTUS, a U.S. Court of Appeals will again review the death sentence of infamous death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal. Abu-Jama was sentenced to death for the 1981 murder of a Philadelphia police officer, but was granted a new hearing by the Third Circuit based on an improper jury form. The court will revisit the issue, however, in light of this year's SCOTUS case Smith v. Spisak. Read the AP's story here.
San Quentin Completes New Execution Center, One Week Ahead of Planned Execution: San Francisco Chronicle Staff Writer Kevin Fagan reports on San Quentin's new lethal injection center, which cost $853,000 to build. The center has three witness viewing rooms, from which every angle of the execution can be observed - providing much better visibility than was possible with the old poorly lighted gas chamber room. The new execution center was completed yesterday, one week ahead of a planned execution. Pictures of the center are available from the CA Department of Corrections here. Albert Greenwood Brown is scheduled to die on September 29th, California's first execution in four years. Brown was convicted of the rape and killing of a 15-year-old Riverside girl in 1980.
Rehearing Set for Mumia Abu-Jamal: Per an order from SCOTUS, a U.S. Court of Appeals will again review the death sentence of infamous death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal. Abu-Jama was sentenced to death for the 1981 murder of a Philadelphia police officer, but was granted a new hearing by the Third Circuit based on an improper jury form. The court will revisit the issue, however, in light of this year's SCOTUS case Smith v. Spisak. Read the AP's story here.
San Quentin Completes New Execution Center, One Week Ahead of Planned Execution: San Francisco Chronicle Staff Writer Kevin Fagan reports on San Quentin's new lethal injection center, which cost $853,000 to build. The center has three witness viewing rooms, from which every angle of the execution can be observed - providing much better visibility than was possible with the old poorly lighted gas chamber room. The new execution center was completed yesterday, one week ahead of a planned execution. Pictures of the center are available from the CA Department of Corrections here. Albert Greenwood Brown is scheduled to die on September 29th, California's first execution in four years. Brown was convicted of the rape and killing of a 15-year-old Riverside girl in 1980.
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