Manson Caught With Cell Phone in Prison,

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Penguin

oh interesting, I thought that the decision from '72 put off all prisoners from death row who sat there at this time, a quasi-amnesty. This seems to be the case only in some states.

I'm pretty sure any similar law would have the same result but the 1972 law was created in California for California, and had no effect on the rest of the United States.

[Penguin]

oh, i made myself not clear: I was talking about the Supreme Court decision from 72, not the California state law which followed this decision: http://www.answers.com/topic/furman-v-georgia

Afaik no people were executed till after the '76 SC decision - so I thought that the people who sat on death row in '72 became lifers.

[Buddahaid]

Lot's of prisoners have phones they shouldn't, just ask the guards who smuggle them in.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Penguin

oh, i made myself not clear: I was talking about the Supreme Court decision from 72, not the California state law which followed this decision: http://www.answers.com/topic/furman-v-georgia

Afaik no people were executed till after the '76 SC decision - so I thought that the people who sat on death row in '72 became lifers.

Oh! I was unfamiliar with that one.

The article you cite is unclear as to what befell the prisoners already on death row, but the Wike article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furman_v._Georgia doesn't give any more information.

Here is an article on a succeeding case http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furman_v._Georgia which tells of later decisions, but still nothing on the death row inmates at that time.

I don't know.