Executions After 1976
A total of 13 individuals convicted of murder have been executed by the state of California following the 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision of Gregg v. Georgia. The first two executions were by gas chamber; all subsequent executions were by lethal injection.
| Executed person | Date of execution | Victim(s) | Under Governor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Alton Harris | April 21, 1992 | John Mayeski and Michael Baker | Wilson |
| 2 | David Edwin Mason | August 24, 1993 | Joan Picard, Arthur Jennings, Boyd Johnson, Antionette Brown, and Dorothy Land | |
| 3 | William George Bonin | February 23, 1996 | Marcus Grabs, Donald Hyden, David Murillo, Dennis Frank Fox, Charles Miranda, James McCabe, Ronald Gatlin, Harry Todd Turner, Russell Rugh, Glenn Barker, Steven Wood, Darin Lee Kendrick, Lawrence Sharp, and Steven Jay Wells | |
| 4 | Keith Daniel Williams | May 31, 1996 | Lourdes Meza, Miguel Vargas and Salvador Vargas | |
| 5 | Thomas Martin Thompson | July 14, 1998 | Ginger Fleischli | |
| 6 | Jaturun Siripongs | February 9, 1999 | Packovan Wattanporn and Quach Nguyen | Davis |
| 7 | Manuel Pina Babbitt | May 4, 1999 | Leah Schendel | |
| 8 | Darrell Keith Rich | March 15, 2000 | Annette Fay Edwards, Patricia Ann Moore, Linda Diane Slovik, and Annette Lynn Selix | |
| 9 | Robert Lee Massie | March 27, 2001 | Boris G. Naumoff | |
| 10 | Stephen Wayne Anderson | January 29, 2002 | Elizabeth Lyman | |
| 11 | Donald Jay Beardslee | January 19, 2005 | Stacey Benjamin and Patty Geddling | Schwarzenegger |
| 12 | Stanley Tookie Williams | December 13, 2005 | Albert Owens, Yen-Yi Yang, Tsai-Shai Lin, and Yee-Chen Lin | |
| 13 | Clarence Ray Allen | January 17, 2006 | Bryon Schletewitz, Josephine Rocha, and Douglas White |
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