California
State update
Link to Death Penalty Focus of California
Link to ACLU of Northern California
Link to California People of Faith Working Against the Death Penalty
Link to death penalty statute
Section 190
Link to execution penalty statute
Section 3604
Date death penalty reenacted
January 1, 1974
Can a defendant get death penalty for a felony in which s/he was not responsible for the murder?
Yes
How is the sentence determined?
Jury
Location of death row(s)
San Quentin (Women: Chowchilla)
Clemency process
Governor has sole authority to grant clemency
Time of execution (in law and/or by custom)
In the past, executions in California have taken place around 12 am
Number of people exonerated from death row since 1973
3
Names of people exonerated from death row since 1973
- Ernest Graham, 1981
- Troy Lee Jones, 1996
- Oscar Lee Morris, 2000
