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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 ]
Ambushed and murdered police officer Carl Dewayne Graham. [57] 15 years, 91 days Marcellus Williams: Convicted of murdering St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Felicia Gayle. 22 years, 360 days Williams was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on August 22, 2017, but a last minute stay of execution was issued by Governor Eric Greitens ...
In the U.S. state of California, capital punishment is not allowed to be carried out as of March 2019, because executions were halted by an official moratorium ordered by Governor Gavin Newsom. [ 1] Before the moratorium, executions had been frozen by a federal court order since 2006, and the litigation resulting in the court order has been on ...
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas between 1982 (when the state resumed executions) to 1989. All of the 33 people during this period were convicted of murder and have been executed by lethal injection at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas .
Thaddeus Miller. Updated February 4, 2023, 10:07 PM. Authorities on Friday described the killing of a Selma police officer as happening before the officer had a chance to react, and said he was ...
Stephen D. Richards (1879) known as "the Nebraska Fiend", first execution in the State of Nebraska; Ion Rîmaru (1971) known as "the Vampire of Bucharest" Daniel Rolling (2006) known as "the Gainesville Ripper" Michael Bruce Ross (2005) first post-Gregg execution in Connecticut and last execution in Connecticut
2. Struggling actor murdered soldier to steal his combat pay and then murdered a friend of the soldier to make it appear the soldier killed her and then disappeared. [ 40][ 41] 31. 2011 Seal Beach shooting. Seal Beach. 2011-10-12. 8. Mass shooting at a hair salon, deadliest mass shooting in Orange County history.
Headquarters. Sacramento, California. The California State Police (CSP) was a state level security police agency founded on March 15, 1887 which primarily served to protect the State Capitol Building, the Governor and other state officials, and other state agencies that did not have their own police force. The CSP also provided services to many ...