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Altercation at San Quentin
By The San Francisco Chronicle
Published: 08/28/2006

SAN QUENTIN, CA - A Death Row inmate was nearly killed at San Quentin State Prison on Sunday morning when three other prisoners attacked him in an exercise yard and stabbed him repeatedly with a homemade plastic knife, authorities said. The 59-year-old victim was stabbed in the throat, cheek and head, and may have suffered severe eye damage.

He was taken to a nearby hospital for emergency surgery and was in stable condition Sunday night, said San Quentin spokesman Lt. Eric Messick.

"It was a definite attempt to murder him, as the three of them did quite a number on him," Messick said...Read more.

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