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San Quentin cause of death condemned Arias dies in hospital

SAN QUENTIN – A 58-year-old man convicted of murder, who also served a life sentence without parole, died Sunday of apparent COVID-19 complications, state prison officials said. In a statement Sunday night, state prison officials said the death row inmate Pedro Arias had been treated in an outside hospital, and …

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Eight San Quentin death row inmates die from COVID-19

Zoom in (From left to right, top to bottom) John Beames, 67, Jeffrey J. Hawkins, 64, Troy A. Ashmus, 58, David Reed, 60, Manuel Alvarez, 59, Scott Erskine, 57, Dewayne Carey, Richard E Stitely 71 CDCR More than a dozen inmates have died at California’s San Quentin State Prison, including …

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