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[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 ...
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 ]
Died in a solitary confinement cell at Changi Prison's death row section. Found guilty in 1985 of murdering a landlady and her two children, and sentenced to hang. His accomplice Lim Beng Hai, also on death row, was put to death five months later on 5 October 1990 Graham Young: 1990-08-01 United Kingdom: Heart attack Poisoner Died in Parkhurst ...
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 ...
The state listed is that in which the conviction occurred, the year is that of release and the case is that which overturned the conviction. This list does not include: Posthumous pardons for individuals executed before 1950. Inmates who were given life sentences when their country, province or state abolished the death penalty.
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 ...
The local county sheriff identified Anthony Williams, 41, as the third of the three people killed in Tuesday's fight at Nevada's maximum security prison in rural Ely.
The following is a list of white defendants executed for killing a black victim.Executions of white defendants for killing black victims are rare. Since the reinstatement of capital punishment in the United States in 1976, just 21 white people have been executed for killing a black person (less than 1.36 percent of all executions), whereas the number of black people executed for killing a ...