Criminal
Jan. 4, 2011
Former Death Row Inmate Freed
James F. Horton II is one of a handful of California death-row inmates released since reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A former California death row inmate was released Thursday from the Wasco State Prison and took his first breath of freedom in 27 years.
James F. Horton II, 55, is at least the fourth California death row inmate freed since capital punishment was reinstated in 1976, according to the state attorney general's office. Others have had their convictions overturned, only to languish - or die - i...
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