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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 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 ...
After the Supreme Court of California abolished the death penalty in People v. Anderson (1972), California voters restored capital punishment in California with California Proposition 17 (1972). [5] However, since 1978, California has executed only 13 prisoners, while the population on death row has increased to 750. [5]
Kevin Cooper, 57, is about to file a last-ditch appeal with Gov. Jerry Brown of California to spare his life. End to California execution moratorium raises controversial death penalty case Skip to ...
The man “dedicated his life’s work to fostering inclusivity and harmony within our society.”
Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method Ref. At execution At offense Age difference; 1 January 13, 2027 Keith LaMar: 57 23 34 Male Black Ohio: Lethal injection: Profile: 2 February 17, 2027 Scott A. Group: 62 32 30 White Profile: 3 March 18, 2027 Davel Chinn: 69 31 38 Black Profile: 4 April 14, 2027 Gregory Lott: 65 25 40
Two San Diego, California teens who took a day trip to Mexico to visit a friend last Friday were found dead in a Tijuana apartment Sunday morning in what is being investigated as a triple homicide.
On July 28, 2022, the California Supreme Court upheld Ng's death sentence and conviction. Ng still has other federal appeals in spite of a moratorium on the death penalty by Governor Gavin Newsom. [19] As of 2023, Ng remains on death row [20] at California Medical Facility. [21] No executions have taken place in California since 2006.