Another California death row inmate dies; COVID-19 suspected – KCRA Sacramento
Another California death row inmate has died from what appears to be complications of the coronavirus amid an outbreak sweeping through San Quentin State Prison, authorities said Wednesday.Jeffrey J. Hawkins, 64, died Tuesday at a hospital outside of the prison near San Francisco, according to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The exact cause of his death remains under investigation.Hawkins was the sixth death row prisoner and the 11th overall at San Quentin to die from confirmed or suspected COVID-19 infections. Hawkins was sentenced to death in Sacramento County in 1990 for shooting two men in 1987. John Hedlund, a disabled former lumberyard worker, was shot and dumped on a road in Galt after Hawkins spotted him at a bar, while Alfonzo Hicks Jr. was a Rancho Cordova...