Death at San Quentin. Part 1: Executions + Amos Lunt the Executioner

Season 5, Episode 256,   Feb 12, 10:00 AM

When John Miller's head is nearly decapitated during a botched execution, it rattles Amos Lunt, San Quentin's official executioner, to the bone. Hear about some of California's death penalty history and a handful of the executions that were conducted here at one of the United States most notorious state prisons. SAN QUENTIN.

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Intro Song courtesy of Bobby Mackey

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The Cover photo was found on WMC.

San Quentin Gas Chamber.jpg

The gas chamber that was located in San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, California. The chamber was dismantled in 2019 when Governor Gavin Newsom issued a moratorium on capital punishment in California and ordered the execution sites to be dismantled.

California Department of Correction and Rehabilitation

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