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In February 1972, the California Supreme Court found that the death penalty constituted cruel and unusual punishment under the California state constitution and 107 condemned inmates were resentenced to life with the possibility of parole and removed from California’s death row.
U.S.A. Executions - 1607-1976. Index by State - CALIFORNIA - 1941-1967. DeathPenaltyUSA, the complete database of defendants executed in the United States of America since 1607 to present. Fully searchable database by name, by year and by State.
#NameAgeRace529COOK, DEWITT21WHITE530SMITH, THOMAS60WHITE531WONG, DON, KAY57ASIAN532LININGER, JOHN41WHITEThe 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.
No.NameRaceAge1White392White363White494White48Date Executed Time on Death Row Age; Robert Alton Harris: 3/14/1979: 4/21/1992: 13 years, 1 month: 39: David Edwin Mason: 1/27/1984: 8/24/1993: 9 years, 7 months: 36: William George Bonin: 3/22/1982: 2/23/1996: 13 years, 11 months: 49: Keith Daniel Williams: 4/13/1979: 5/3/1996: 17 years, 1 month: 48: Thomas M. Thompson: 8/23/1984: 7/14/1998 ...
Thirteen people have been executed in California since the death penalty was reinstated in 1977, though 172 other people have died on death row from other causes (30 of them from suicide) as of April 29, 2024.
Mar 13, 2019 · As of March 2019, there are 737 inmates on death row in California. Seventy-nine condemned inmates have died of natural causes since 1978, when the state reinstated capital punishment after a...
California Capital Punishment; Timeline of Lethal Injection Protocol Regulations; History of Capital Punishment in California; Condemned Population List; Condemned Population Summary; Condemned Incarcerated People Who Have Died Since 1978; Incarcerated People Executed 1978 to Present; Number of Executions 1893 to Present; Condemned Inmate ...
