SF News Judge Mathis Speaks Out On the Execution of Troy Davis Convicted in the 1989 murder of an off-duty Savannah police officer, Troy Davis presented affidavits of seven of the nine witnesses at his trial who have since recanted their testimony. Davis never received
SF News California May Proceed With Executing People In a court filing yesterday, the State of California (Jerry Brown's office to be exact) said they had obtained a fresh supply of twelve grams of the lethal injection drug sodium thiopental with
SF News State Supreme Court Blocks Albert Greenwood Brown's Execution Albert Greenwood Brown had yet another stay of execution handed to him, this time care of the California Supreme Court. The Chronicle reports: "The justices unanimously denied the state's request to allow new
SF News Next Wednesday: California's First Execution Since 2006 U.S. District Court Judge Jeremy Fogel has cleared the way for California's first execution since 2006 "after the state revised its lethal injection procedures." Albert Greenwood Brown, convicted of raping and murdering
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Ronnie Lee Gardner Executed, Other Famous Last Meals At midnight last night, the U.S. executed convicted killer Ronnie Lee Gardner by firing squad in Utah. This execution was most notable for two things: Gardner's decision to die by firing squad
misc Today in San Francisco History - "Demon of the Belfry" goes to the gallows Timecapsule: January 7, 1898 The most notorious criminal of San Francisco's Gilded Age was executed 111 years ago today. Sure, Jack the Ripper had set a certain tone for serial killing just a
