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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 ]
On death row: 623 (as of September 11, 2024) [28] Total number executed: 722 (1700–2006) [19] [29] Due to the number of California death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed. A full list is externally linked: List of death row inmates in California
On April 24, 1972, the Supreme Court of California ruled in People v. Anderson that the state's current death penalty laws were unconstitutional. Justice Marshall F. McComb was the lone dissenter, arguing that the death penalty deterred crime, noting numerous Supreme Court precedents upholding the death penalty's constitutionality, and stating that the legislative and initiative processes were ...
A convicted murderer who has been on California’s death row for 33 years must either be released or retried after a federal judge on Thursday approved the state attorney general’s request to ...
Retrieved May 2, 2024. "Dad who stomped infant son's head 'like an eggshell' is scheduled to be executed in September". i45NOW. May 22, 2024. Retrieved May 22, 2024. "Missouri sets execution date for inmate who claims innocence". KCTV 5. June 4, 2024. Retrieved June 4, 2024. "Garcia Glen White to be executed for the 1989 deaths of twin girls ...
September 10, 2024 at 6:00 AM. A California death row inmate who gained national attention after Oprah Winfrey selected his autobiography for her influential book club in 2022 has vowed to ...
California’s death row, like the state itself, is the nation’s most populous. Its wardens and guards have told stories over the decades of condemned men they remembered most: One prisoner ...
Convicted of murdering two police officers in 2014. [12][13] Dean Carter. C97919. Convicted of murdering 4 people in 1984, and suspected of killing at least one other person. [14][15] Steven David Catlin. D32989. Convicted of poisoning his two wives and his adoptive mother. [16] Tiequon Cox.