Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At 12:38 a.m on Jan. 17, 2006, the state of California executed Clarence Ray Allen, 76, by lethal injection inside San Quentin ...

REDWOOD CITY — San Mateo County’s first death penalty case in 15 years now has a trial date.

Wesley Brownlee is accused of killing six people in Stockton and Oakland. Under California law, that makes him eligible for the death penalty.

The deaths of director Rob Reiner and his wife have drawn attention to California’s long and tangled history with the death penalty. Reiner, 78, and Michele Singer Reiner, 68, were found dead of stab ...

Kevin Cooper, who has been on California's death row for 42 years, maintains his innocence and is seeking a new trial based ...

Nick Reiner may face the death penalty if he is convicted of murdering his parents, Rob and Michele Singer Reiner, but that does not necessarily mean he will be executed. Nick stands accused of ...

At 12:38 a.m on Jan. 17, 2006, the state of California executed Clarence Ray Allen, 76, by lethal injection inside San Quentin State Prison. Allen had been convicted of three counts of first degree ...