Monday, August 10, 2015

Buddihst Author on Death Row Goes on Hunger Strike

Death Row inmate Jarvis Jay Masters has been on hunger strike refusing any nourishment other than water for the past eleven days. Masters, well known as a Buddhist Author has been in prison for 35 years, and on death row for 25. Masters stopped taking food on July 31 after learning there might be a delay in his appeal going before the California Supreme court. Pacifica's Mike Kohn reports