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. The first 2 executions were by gas inhalation; all subsequent executions were by lethal injection, following a 1996 federal court (9th Circuit) ruling that the use of the gas chamber in California was unconstitutional. A further three people sentenced to death in California (Kelvin Shelby Malone, Alfredo Rolando Prieto, and Glen Edward Rogers) were executed in Missouri, Virginia, and Florida.
List of people executed in California since 1976 Name Race Age Sex Date of execution County Method Victim(s) Governor 1 White 39 M April 21, 1992 San DiegoGas chamber John Mayeski and Michael BakerPete Wilson 2 White 36 M August 24, 1993 Alameda 5 murder victims 3 White 49 M February 23, 1996 Los AngelesLethal injection 14 murder victims 4 White 48 M May 3, 1996 Merced Lourdes Meza, Miguel Vargas, and Salvador Vargas 5 White 43 M July 14, 1998Orange Ginger Fleischli 6 Asian 47 M February 9, 1999 Packovan Wattanaporn and Quach NguyenGray Davis 7 Black 50 M May 4, 1999 Sacramento Leah Schendel 8 Native American 45 M March 15, 2000 Shasta 4 murder victims 9 White 59 M March 27, 2001 San Francisco Boris G. Naumoff 10 White 48 M January 29, 2002 San Bernardino Elizabeth Lyman 11 White 61 M January 19, 2005 San Mateo Stacey Benjamin and Patty GeddlingArnold Schwarzenegger 12 Black 51 M December 13, 2005 Los Angeles 4 murder victims 13 Native American 76 M January 17, 2006 Fresno 4 murder victims
Demographics Race White 8 63% Black 2 15% Native American 2 15% Asian 1 8% Age 30–39 2 15% 40–49 6 46% 50–59 3 23% 60–69 1 8% 70–79 1 8% Sex Male 13 100% Date of execution 1976–1979 0 0% 1980–1989 0 0% 1990–1999 7 54% 2000–2009 6 46% 2010–2019 0 0% 2020–2029 0 0% Method Lethal injection 11 85% Gas chamber 2 15% Governor (Party) Jerry Brown (D) 0 0% George Deukmejian (R) 0 0% Pete Wilson (R) 5 38% Gray Davis (D) 5 38% Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) 3 23% Jerry Brown (D) 0 0% Gavin Newsom (D) 0 0% Total 13 100%
See also Capital punishment in California Capital punishment in the United States
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