Albert Ru-Al Jones

I was born to a weekend-drinking alcoholic father and very strict mother that ran her household with an iron fist. I’m the seventh of nine kids that lived in a Christian home. I always challenged the rules. In my teenage years I joined a Blood gang. I’ve been in and out of various prisons. But when I finally realized it was time to make a positive change in my life, the nightmare began. Suddenly I’m convicted for a crime I didn’t do. Now I depend on the scales of “Justice” to get my freedom back, but time doesn’t wait on no one. So, for now, I’m put on the shelf to die.

Albert "Ru-Al" Jones has been on Death Row at San Quentin State Prison since 1996.