Two more California death row inmates died Friday from apparent complications of COVID-19 in the midst of an outbreak that has infected about 40% of inmates at San Quentin State Prison, corrections officials said.Erskine was sent tofor molesting and strangling Jonathon Sellers, 9, and Charles Keever, 13, who disappeared in 1993 while riding their bicycles to a riverbed area in San Diego.
DNA samples linked them to Erskine, who had been in state prison since 1994, serving a 70-year term from San Diego County for rape and other sex crimes, according to a statement from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The victim was a San Diego woman.
The corrections department says it has taken steps to ensure social distancing and testing for San Quentin prisoners, added additional healthcare staff, sent tens of thousands of masks and other safety equipment there, and established an “ambulance strike team” to move patients to outside hospitals if needed., died last week in his cell. He was found to have the virus although the cause of his death hasn’t been officially determined, authorities said.
Joseph S. Cordova, 75, died Wednesday after being found unresponsive in his cell, although authorities hadn’t determined the cause of death or whether he had COVID-19. Cordova had been on California’s death row since 2007, when he was sentenced for the 1979 rape and murder of 8-year-old Cannie Melinda Bullock in San Pablo.
Eye for an eye!
they forgot to sanitize the electric chair
That's the only way California could carry out a duly deserved death sentence. Keep spreading!
Bring back public executions. Put a limit on appeals 1 to make sure proper court proceedings were followed 1 within 10 years for new evidence or modern technology to re-test physical evidence then off with their heads
didn't any of you fools watch scared straight......'life means life'
And like of course they were probably um like brown people who like died n stuff. -average liberal
Last I knew most in death row were insanely old.
🙏🙏🙏
Ok... you’re reporting on criminals. No other news? Please report how many people are overcoming this over blown virus? 99% all over this world are recovering.
That $150,000 a year saved!
Rest In Peace Inmates! Jesus, I sure hope the US can get a handle on this virus. PEOPLE R DYEING
Saving tax dollars?
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Today rather than tomorrow I guess.
Good, saved taxpayer dollars
Karma
Silver Lining Alert!
Not a bit of sympathy.
GavinNewsom while we talk about police reform, how about abolishing the death penalty while we are it?
Who says COVID doesn’t have any redeeming qualities?
Great News...now let's hope Covid takes care of the other 800+ animals that should have been put down years ago the ol fashioned way.
Still zero protestor cases. Remarkable
A rapist and a child murderer. Who cares
That’s ashame
How you catch corona on death row
Not seeing a downside here
Save taxpayers money!
Why didn't we give them a mask to protect them.
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