California Capital Punishment

Innocent & Executed: It Could Have Been Me

Franky Carrillo | Posted 05.17.2012

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Franky Carrillo

I was wrongfully convicted when I was 16 years old and served 20 years in prison before proving my innocence. That mistake took two decades from me, but it took Carlos DeLuna's life.

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Another State Could Ban Death Penalty In November

AP | By PAUL ELIAS | Posted 04.24.2012

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SAN FRANCISCO -- California voters will soon get a chance to decide whether to replace the death penalty with life in prison without the possibility o...

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How California Could Save Millions By Ending The Death Penalty

2011-03-16-Screenshot20110316at9.39.25AM.jpeg | Will Evans | Posted 12.10.2011

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Story comes courtesy of California Watch By Will Evans A nonpartisan analysis of a California ballot initiative to abolish the death penalty fou...

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Bill To Abolish Death Penalty In California Advances

latimes.com | Posted 09.06.2011

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A proposal to ask California voters to repeal the death penalty was advanced Thursday by a state legislative panel after opponents of the current law...

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Documents Reveal California's Worldwide Execution Drug Search

AP | PAUL ELIAS | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO — The e-mail from one California prison official to another almost reads like something out of a spy novel: "May have a secret and...

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Judge Refuses To Block Execution Of Albert Greenwood Brown

AP | PAUL ELIAS | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO — California's first execution in nearly five years was pushed back almost two days Monday by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to allow ...

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Once Opposed to Capital Punishment, Jerry Brown Wants Executions To Resume In California

AP | PAUL ELIAS | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — Whether California's first execution in more than four years will occur next week remained an open question Tuesday, as a jud...

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Albert Brown's Execution Cancelled Again: State Runs Out Of Lethal Injection Drug

AP | PAUL ELIAS | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO — California's first execution attempt in nearly five years collapsed Wednesday amid two adverse court rulings in as many days and...

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