Mark Adams

Death by Force

Mark Adams, an inmate at San Quentin State Prison, was fatally shot on March 7, 1994, during a fistfight with another prisoner in the exercise yard of the prison's segregation unit. The incident occurred when Correctional Officer Timothy Scott Reynolds, who was stationed in a guard tower, fired three shots from a distance of 25 feet, striking Adams once in the back of the head. The shooting was part of a broader policy within the California Department of Corrections that allowed the use of letha ...Read More

Los Angeles Times: Jury's Verdict Shocks State Prison System

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