California Inmate Attacks: From Murderer to Avenger

Paul Flores, convicted of killing college student Kristin Smart, was stabbed in a California prison for the second time in a year. The attack, considered an attempted homicide, occurred in the recreation yard at Pleasant Valley State Prison. Flores was rushed to an outside health facility for medical care and is now in stable condition. He is serving a 25-years-to-life sentence for Smart's murder, a case that remained unsolved for decades until a 2020 true-crime podcast led to his arrest in 2021.