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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]
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 ...
Five unnamed Yuki men [22] Native: Unknown 21 July 1863 California State Piracy: Nathaniel Gordon [Note 1] White 30 21 February 1862 New York Federal Slave revolt: Caesar, Sam, and Sanford Black Unknown 19 October 1860 Alabama State Treason: William Bruce Mumford [Note 2] White 42 7 June 1862 Union-occupied New Orleans, Louisiana: Military
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California hasn't executed any prisoners since 2006, and Gov. Newsom has ordered San Quentin's death row dismantled.
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 ...
People executed by California (5 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Prisoners sentenced to death by California" The following 119 pages are in this category, out of 119 total.