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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]
The king, with Reginald Pole himself out of his reach, took revenge on Pole's family for engaging in treason by word against the king. The leading family members and even Pole's mother, Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, were executed, and all their properties seized. The action destroyed the Pole family. [4]
Thomas Pole (b. aft. 1519 or in 1520), married Elizabeth Wingfield. Without issue. Henry Pole (b. aft. 1520 or in 1521 – aft. September 1542), married Margaret Neville. According to Alison Weir he was born in 1527. He was imprisoned from an early age at the Tower of London until his death. [7] Winifred Pole (b. aft. 1521 or in 1525), married
California hasn’t executed a condemned prisoner in nearly 20 years, but prosecutors continue to seek the death penalty, leading to court costs of more than $300 million in the last five years ...
Robert Alton Harris (1992) first post-Gregg execution in California; Bruno Hauptmann (1936) Haw Tua Tau (1982) Neville Heath (1946) Gary M. Heidnik (1999) most recent execution in Pennsylvania; Dustin Higgs (2021) most recent execution by the United States federal government; Joe Hill (1915) Paul Jennings Hill (2003) Taberon Honie (2024) most ...
His execution was filmed, in a beheading video titled "A Message to America". Steven Sotloff (2014) — beheaded in the Syro-Arabian desert by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, one month after the beheading of James Foley. His execution was filmed, and released with the title "A Second Message to America".
People executed by California by gas chamber (19 P) H. People executed by California by hanging (8 P) L. People executed by California by lethal injection (11 P)
The Sunni extremist group ISIS has released a video claiming to show the beheading of American journalist James Foley. The video, which we have chosen not to show, went viral Tuesday. Both YouTube ...