August 29, 2010
San Quentin inmate found dead in cell
A prison guard doing routine checks found a 70-year-old San Quentin inmate dead in his death row cell early Saturday, prison officials said.
George Hatton Smithey apparently hanged himself with his bed sheets, Lt. Sam Robinson said.
Smithey had been on death row since July 1989 for the 1988 murder and attempted rape of Cheryl Anne Nesler during the commission of an armed robbery and burglary, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said in a statement...
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