Officials look into death of Stephanie Brinson, who’s second person in a year to die during family visit at Ione facility

Summary

Stephanie Diane Dowells, 62, was strangled during an overnight visit with her husband, David Brinson, at Mule Creek state prison in California.

Brinson, serving life without parole for four murders, claimed Dowells passed out, but authorities ruled her death a homicide.

This marks the second strangulation death during a family visit at the prison in a year; Tania Thomas was killed in July 2024 while visiting inmate Anthony Curry. Investigations are ongoing.

California is one of four states allowing family visits to maintain positive relationships.

  • Lemmist@lemm.ee
    132·
    4 days ago

    I said, “we cannot trust judges and executioners.” We don’t trust them. No, we don’t trust them to “imprison people for life” too.

    But imprisonment is a lesser evil and can be fixed to some extent in the case of fuck up. Execution cannot.

    • lumony@lemmings.worldEnglish
      217·
      4 days ago

      No, we don’t trust them to “imprison people for life” too.

      ??? What the fuck? Where do life sentences come from then? The fairy-godmother?

      This is why I don’t take you people seriously, lmao.

      But imprisonment is a lesser evil and can be fixed to some extent in the case of fuck up.

      So it’s acceptable to imprison innocent people for life but not kill them? Or, maybe, your “we can’t trust them” argument was always stupid and you’re just having trouble reconciling that fact.