Judge rules Douglas Stankewitz will remain in prison
Credit: Prison guards walk down a corridor in San Quentin Prison in this file photo from 2015. The longest-serving inmate on San Quentin's Death Row, Douglas "Chief" Stankewitz, has maintained his innocence in a 1978 murder but a Superior Court judge rejected his petition for release in a Dec. 24, 2024, ruling. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)