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In May, Sidney Kang, 31, and Alfredo Valenzuela, 50, were killed at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano within six days of each other. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times . Show ...
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 ]
Was convicted of the 2003 murder of actress Lana Clarkson and was serving a 19 years to life prison sentence at the time of his death. Nathaniel Burkett: 2021-01-19 United States: COVID-19: Serial killer Daniela Figueredo: 2021-03-13 Venezuela: Gunshot Young detainee Shot in the face by a police officer and killed at the age of nineteen.
People executed by California (5 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Prisoners who died in California detention" The following 68 pages are in this category, out of 68 total.
Spengler had been at the prison for two years after he was convicted in 2022 in Los Angeles County Superior Court of two homicides. He killed one man in Pomona and another in Altadena during the ...
Kidnapped and killed three teenage girls in Placerville, California, between June and August 1984. 39 years, 85 days Tiequon Cox: Shot and killed four relatives of former NFL player Kermit Alexander. 38 years, 297 days Cox was a noted member of the Rollin' 60 Crips. Kerry Lyn Dalton: Tortured and murdered Irene 'Melanie' Louise in 1988.
California currently has about 1,250 prisoners trained to fight fires and has used them since the 1940s. It pays its “Angels in Orange” $2.90 to $5.12 a day, plus an extra $1 an hour when they ...
In 1851, California activated its first state-run institution. This institution was a 268-ton wooden ship named The Waban, and was anchored in the San Francisco Bay. [4] The prison ship housed 30 inmates who subsequently constructed San Quentin State Prison, which opened in 1852 with approximately 68 inmates. [5]