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Name Countries Official position Later imprisonment Reason Jefferson Davis USA: President of the Confederate States of America (1862–1865) 1865: Treason [175] Oreste Zamor Haiti: President of Haiti (1914) 1915: Illegal entry [176] Élie Lescot Haiti: President of Haiti (1941–1946) 1946: Overthrown [177] Franck Sylvain Haiti: President of ...
This means that criminals given a determinate life sentence will typically die in prison, without ever being released. If a life without parole sentence is imposed, executive branch government officials (usually the state governor ) may have the power to grant a pardon , or to commute a sentence to time served, effectively ending the sentence ...
Died in Parkhurst prison. Heart attack is the official cause of death, but there has been speculation that other prisoners may have been responsible. [citation needed] Klaus Barbie: 1991-09-25 Germany (detained by France) Leukemia Nazi war criminal Richard Speck: 1991-12-05 United States: Heart attack American mass murderer Robert Berdella ...
Condemned (Cond): "Holds inmates with death sentences." [citation needed] Death Row. Condemned male prisoners are held at San Quentin State Prison. Condemned female prisoners are held at the Central California Women's Facility. Executions take place at San Quentin. The State of California took full control of capital punishment in 1891.
The use of the death penalty in U.S. territories was handled by federal judges and the U.S. Marshal Service. Historically, members of the U.S. Marshals Service conducted all federal executions. [7] Pre-Furman executions by the federal government were normally carried out within the prison system of the state in which the crime was committed ...
A whole life order means life without parole (e.g. natural life in prison until death). However, there is, at least in theory, a possibility of release of prisoners serving such sentences, as the Secretary of State for Justice has the power to release on licence any life sentence prisoner on compassionate grounds in exceptional circumstances. [115]
The prison warden supervises all the operations within the prison. Prisons vary in size, with some housing thousands of inmates. They are responsible for the prison's security, the performance of staff of the prison (including prison officers, prison doctors, janitors, cooks and others), the management of its funds, the maintenance of its facilities and the welfare of its inmates.
A death in custody is a death of a person in the custody of the police, other authorities, or while in prison. In the 21st century, death in custody remains a controversial subject, with the authorities often being accused of abuse, neglect and cover-ups of the causes of these deaths.