“Ronnie, You Don’t Have To Do This”

Revisiting the 2001 Mother’s Day Massacre, the murder case that got Ronnie Yandell sent straight to Pelican Bay.

Sunday, May 12 is Mother’s Day. Since it’s that time of the year, it’s worth revisiting the case that got Ronnie Yandell sent straight to the Pelican Bay Security Housing Unit (SHU) following his conviction for first-degree murder and manslaughter: The 2001 Mother’s Day Massacre in El Sobrante.

Ronnie Yandell

Yandell, then 38, was released from Federal prison in late M…