Manson Caught With Cell Phone in Prison,

[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.