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Death row inmate found dead in cell at San Quentin
By chicoer.com
Published: 05/01/2015

SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (AP) — A 64-year-old inmate who spent 14 years on California's death row for the murder of his estranged wife has died at San Quentin State Prison.

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said in a statement that Richard James Poynton was found unresponsive in his single cell on Thursday morning and pronounced dead a short time later.

Prison officials say the cause of his death won't be known until an autopsy is performed.

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