Calif. to transfer hundreds of death row inmates out of San Quentin

The San Joaquin Valley Sun

Calif. to transfer hundreds of death row inmates out of San Quentin

California plans to transfer over 450 death row inmates currently housed in San Quentin to other prisons over the coming months.  Monday, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) announced the transfer plan, coming five years after Gov. Gavin Newsom placed a moratorium on the death penalty.  The backstory: In 2016 voters approved Proposition 66, which requires death-sentenced inmates to work to pay restitution to their …