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Mosley, who murdered Back, was sentenced to life in prison. Myers became the youngest inmate on death row in Ohio at the time of his sentence. Donna Roberts: Had her ex-husband killed in order to collect his life insurance. 21 years, 251 days [84] Roberts is the only female death row inmate in Ohio. William Kessler Sapp
California's only death row for men is at San Quentin. The prison was constructed by incarcerated men on the Waban, a ship anchored in San Francisco Bay and California's first prison. Sierra Conservation Center: SCC Tuolumne: 1965 Yes 3,836 4,012 104.6% Valley State Prison: VSP Madera: 1995 Yes 1,980 2,971 150.1% Wasco State Prison: WSP Kern ...
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of California since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976. Since the 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision of Gregg v. Georgia , the following 13 people convicted of murder have been executed by the state of California. [ 1 ]
Cell 2455, Death Row: A Condemned Man's Own Story is a 1954 memoir and the first of four books written on death row by convicted robber, rapist and kidnapper Caryl Chessman (27 May 1921 – 2 May 1960).
California has two death row locations for men at San Quentin State Prison and Corcoran State Prison. There is one death row location for women being Central California Women's Facility. While capital punishment is still legal in California, the last execution was in 2006 and Governor Gavin Newsom issued a moratorium on executions in 2019.
Byron Lewis Black: 69 32 37 Black Profile: 11 September 24, 2025 Donald Ray Middlebrooks: 63 24 39 White Profile: 12 October 30, 2025 Timothy L. Coleman: 56 26 30 Black Ohio: Lethal injection Profile: 13 December 10, 2025 Kareem M. Jackson: 51 23 28 Profile: 14 December 11, 2025 Harold Wayne Nichols: 64 27 37 White Tennessee To be determined [4]
The State of California took full control of capital punishment in 1891. Originally, executions took place at San Quentin and at Folsom State Prison. Folsom's last execution occurred on December 3, 1937. [10] In previous eras the California Institution for Women housed the death row for women. [11]
Death row, also known as condemned row, is a place in a prison that houses inmates awaiting execution after being convicted of a capital crime and sentenced to death.The term is also used figuratively to describe the state of awaiting execution ("being on death row"), even in places where no special facility or separate unit for condemned inmates exists.