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-Great Cultural Revolution
California will close San Quentin death row and turn it into a 'positive and healing environment': 670 killers will be moved from notorious unit which once housed Charles Manson and RFK's killer after Governor Newsom halted executions
2022-02-02
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • San Quentin's death row dates back to 1893, when its first condemned inmate was hung

  • Its residents over the past 160 years have been the stuff of horror movies, and have included some of the vilest murderers in American history

  • Infamous former inmates include serial killers Charles Manson and the 'night stalker' Richard Ramirez

  • Governor Gavin Newsom placed a moratorium on executions in 2019, and is now moving to dismantle San Quentin's death row - the nation's largest

  • About 670 condemned inmates will be moved to the general prison population

  • One advocate said the victims' families are unhappy with the decision

  • 'They´re moving condemned murderers into facilities that are going to make their lives better and offer them more amenities,' the victim's advocate said
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Posted by:Skidmark

#4  They say they have to let a lot of prisoners go because the prisons are too crowded and then they close San Quentin? They downgraded a whole bunch of felonies to misdemeanors because they said they don't have enough prisons and now they're closing one of the biggest prisons in the state? Only Democrats...
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2022-02-02 18:29  

#3  AirBnB housing for the homeless?
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-02-02 14:41  

#2  Sounds like Newsom is trying to create acceptable living conditions for his future self.
Posted by: Airandee   2022-02-02 06:53  

#1  LOL. The executions continue on the streets, in businesses, in homes, and even in schools. It alters behavior. People avoid areas, people lock themselves down, people fear. Heck the executions continue in prisons but not carried out by the state.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-02-02 06:38  

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