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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]
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 ...
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 ...
Spengler had been at the prison for two years after he was convicted in 2022 in Los Angeles County Superior Court of two homicides. He killed one man in Pomona and another in Altadena during the ...
People executed by California (5 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Prisoners sentenced to death by California" The following 117 pages are in this category, out of 117 total.
Unidentified murder victims in California (8 P) Pages in category "People murdered in California" The following 189 pages are in this category, out of 189 total.
More than 800 people have lost their lives in jail since July 13, 2015 but few details are publicly released. Huffington Post is compiling a database of every person who died until July 13, 2016 to shed light on how they passed.