A condemned prisoner died of natural causes last week while incarcerated at California Medical Facility in Vacaville.
According to officials from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, 71-year-old Glenn W. Jennings was found unresponsive in his cell during a security check on July 17 at approximately 12:23 a.m. Medical staff initiated lifesaving measures but Jennings was pronounced deceased by the Vacaville Fire Department 20 minutes later.
The official cause of death, as determined by the Solano County Coroner at 3:18 a.m. that day, was noted as being natural.
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Jennings, who had a lengthy record of robberies, had been sentenced to death for first-degree murder on Nov. 5, 2010 and had been transported from Sacramento County to Vacaville to serve his time five days later.
In January 1977, he was first sentenced to life with the possibility of parole for a first-degree robbery conviction in Fresno County and was paroled in 1980. However, in 1982, he returned to the system with a 35-year and eight-month sentence for another robbery with firearms enhancements in Sacramento County. He was released on parole in May 2021 but was returned to custody in June 2003 after violations, where he remained until February 2004.
According to CDCR officials, there are 635 condemned people in facilities across the state.