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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 state carried out 709 executions from 1778 [clarification needed] until 1972 when the California Supreme Court struck down California's capital punishment statute in the case People v. Anderson . [ 4 ] [ 5 ] California voters reinstated the death penalty a few months later, with Proposition 17 legalizing the death penalty in the state ...
As of December 26, 2024, a total of 31 people are scheduled to be executed in the United States. [1] All of these executions are scheduled over four calendar years in three U.S. states . [ 2 ]
Again, some counties lead the pack. Since 1972, Los Angeles County, California, has sentenced 343 defendants to death – more than any other. Harris County, Texas, has imposed 317 death sentences ...
As of October 1, 2024, there were 2,180 death row inmates in the United States, including 49 women. [1] The number of death row inmates changes frequently with new convictions, appellate decisions overturning conviction or sentence alone, commutations, or deaths (through execution or otherwise). [2]
The United States has executed 23 men this year, with six of those executions coming during one remarkable 11-day period. At least two more executions are scheduled before the end of the year. The ...
Convicted of the 1980 rape and murder of Susan Jordan, and Brown was supposed to be executed in 2010, but was called off. [10] [11] Luis Bracamontes: BG0828 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 ...
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 ...