San Quentin: Cash-Strapped California to Spend $356M to Upgrade Death Row

California's most hardened criminals and vicious murderers will be getting new death row digs, courtesy of a controversial renovation project with a price tag that's got some in the financially beleaguered state crying foul. State officials justified the $356 million project by pointing out the security and safety flaws at the state's notorious San Quentin death row, which houses such high-profile murderers as Drew Peterson, Richard Ramirez and Cary Stayner. But local and state officials...Full Story