This one is hard to fathom. According to an article in the Los Angeles Times an anti-death penalty group called the Canadian Coalition Against the Death Penalty provides the means for a death row inmate to have a web page.
"Prisoners are barred from direct computer access that officials say could allow them to threaten witnesses or orchestrate crimes. Thanks to supporters and commercial services, however, many of the state's 673 condemned inmates now have pen-pal postings and personalized Web pages with their writings, artwork and photos of themselves -- often accompanied by declarations of innocence and pleas for friendship and funds."
Apparently a prisoner's mail privileges allows all the material to be sent to persons who then post it to a web site that has the prisoner's name.
In California attempts to stop the flow run into constitutional problems.
The Cornell Law School Library provides a good look at some of the Court's holdings on a variety of constitutional issues involving prison inmates.
Reading the Los Angeles Times article will give you greater insight into who has a web site and what is being posted on it as well as the problems it is causing for victims and their families.
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