The following is a list of people executed by the
U.S. state of
California since
capital punishment was resumed 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. The first 2 executions were by
gas inhalation; all subsequent executions were by
lethal injection
Lethal injection is the practice of injecting one or more drugs into a person (typically a barbiturate, paralytic, and potassium solution) for the express purpose of causing rapid death. The main application for this procedure is capital puni ...
,
following a 1996 federal court (9th Circuit) ruling that the use of the gas chamber in California was unconstitutional. A further 2 people sentenced to death in California (
Kelvin Malone and
Alfredo Prieto) were executed in
Missouri and
Virginia.
See also
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Capital punishment in California
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Capital punishment in the United States
In the United States, capital punishment is a legal penalty throughout the country at the federal level, in 27 states, and in American Samoa. It is also a legal penalty for some military offenses. Capital punishment has been abolished in 23 s ...
References
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People executed
California
executed