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Two more death sentences "completed" in California

By Douglas A. Berman

Though executions in California have been on hold for more than three years, this local story spotlights that some of the nearly 700 condemned persons on the state's death row are still dying.  The story is headlined "Natural Causes Kill 2 Calif. Death Row Inmates," and here are the particulars: Two San Quentin death row inmates died of natural causes over the weekend, state corrections officials said Monday Fred Harlan Freeman, 69, and Miguel Angel Martinez, 39, both died while being treated at community hospitals in Marin County for long-term illnesses, San Quentin spokesman Lt. Rudy Luna said.... Since California reinstated the death penalty in 1978, 47 death row inmates have died of natural causes, according to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on July 28, 2009 (boomark / email).