Attorneys for the prisoners won a stay of this order while the matter was pending appeal before the Ninth Circuit.
Death Row is a unique prison population.
The judgement of death affecting its inhabitants begins from the moment an individual enters prison walls. It continues until a prisoner is executed or until his or her sentence is reversed. This article is intended to address some of the questions raised by visitors or correspondents in regard to the condemned population. In particular, it is directed to the consent decree governing conditions for the male population housed at San Quentin State Prison. Thompson v. Enomoto .