death penalty

Before Governor Gavin Newsom halted the death penalty in California, he met with parents, like Amanda Wilcox and Marc Klaas. Both of their daughters had…

Many people in the heavily Democratic Bay Area awoke, as if from a bad dream, to a new political reality Wednesday morning. But Donald Trump’s surprising…

Every Thursday through Election Day, Rose Aguilar will host a special second hour of Your Call at 11 a.m. focused on local and state elections, the voting…

Should the Death Penalty Be Abolished?Guests: Mike Farrell, President of Death Penalty Focus, a national organization; Tara Knight, Certified Specialist…

San Quentin State Prison has four massive cell blocks, each identified by their cardinal direction: north, south, east, and west. Of the four, only one…

In 1851, the government of the new state of California legalized executions. But it wasn’t until 1891 that the state legislature required all executions…

On today's Your Call, we’ll continue our election coverage with a debate on Proposition 34, which would repeal the death penalty and replace it with life…

On today's Your Call, we’ll talk about the history of the death penalty and the moratorium initiative on November’s ballot. April 2012 marks the 20th…

Can people from different political backgrounds come together to work for prison reform? On today's Your Call, we'll have a conversation about various…