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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]
Massacre of Wintu people in retaliation for killing of Col. John Anderson [227] 4: Yontoket massacre: Yontocket: 1853: 400–500: Massacre of Tolowa people in northwestern California [227] 5: Mendocino War: Mendocino County: 1859–1860: 283+ White settlers known as the "Eel River Rangers" killed at least 283 Indian men [227] 6: 1860 Wiyot ...
[25] [26] This law was later invoked by the U.S. Supreme Court, which clarified that the death sentence should stand in Leavitt's case since the law was not retroactive for death sentences imposed in cases prior to the passing of the law, which reinstated the death penalty for Leavitt and several other cases of the condemned who received ...
Michael Spengler, 38, was attacked Monday around 10:30 a.m. at Salinas Valley State Prison by Miguel Espino, 31, who allegedly used an "inmate-manufactured weapon," according to the California ...
Was convicted of the 2003 murder of actress Lana Clarkson and was serving a 19 years to life prison sentence at the time of his death. Nathaniel Burkett: 2021-01-19 United States: COVID-19: Serial killer Daniela Figueredo: 2021-03-13 Venezuela: Gunshot Young detainee Shot in the face by a police officer and killed at the age of nineteen.
The Bay Area man was killed last week in a California prison where he'd been serving a life sentence for murdering a close friend, officials said. Convicted Bay Area murderer killed in California ...
Crips member who was convicted of murdering 4 people that were related to NFL player Kermit Alexander. [17] Richard Allen Davis: D11903 Perpetrator of the 1993 Murder of Polly Klaas in which Davis kidnapped and killed the 12-year-old girl. [18] [19] Jon Dunkle: D30423 Murdered three boys in the 1980s. [20] Robert Mark Edwards: P11700 Murdered ...
23 people including Kim Yong-je, Lee Sang-su and Lee Young-gil murder, terrorism: hanging: C Sri Lanka: 23 June 1976 [4] Chardradasa Jayasinghe: murder: hanging: D Syria: 2 February 2022 [145] Mohammed murder: hanging: D Taiwan: 1 April 2020 [146] Weng Jen-hsien arson / murder: firearm: C Tajikistan: April 2004 [147]