List of people executed in California

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] The first 2 executions were by gas inhalation; all subsequent executions were by lethal injection,^[2] following a 1996 federal court (9th Circuit) ruling that the use of the gas chamber in California was unconstitutional.^[3] A further 2 people sentenced to death in California (Kelvin Malone and Alfredo Prieto) were executed in Missouri and Virginia.^[4]

^ "Execution Database | Death Penalty Information Center". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
^ "The History of Capital Punishment in California". California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Archived from the original on 2016-03-02. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
^ Fierro, Ruiz, Harris v. Gomez, 77 F.3d 301 (U.S. 9th Circuit 1996).
^ "Inmates Executed 1978 to Present". California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Retrieved November 17, 2021.

[1] "Execution Database | Death Penalty Information Center". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved May 23, 2019.

[ReferenceCDCR-2] "The History of Capital Punishment in California". California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Archived from the original on 2016-03-02. Retrieved 2018-08-12.

[3] Fierro, Ruiz, Harris v. Gomez, 77 F.3d 301 (U.S. 9th Circuit 1996).

[4] "Inmates Executed 1978 to Present". California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Retrieved November 17, 2021.

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