California
| Name | Description of crime | Date sentenced | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Bittaker | Serial Killer in late 1970s, killed 5 teenage girls. | February 17, 1981 | |
| Richard Allen Davis | Murder of Polly Klaas | August 5, 1996 | |
| Charles Ng | Serial killer in 1985 | 1998 | |
| Scott Peterson | Murder of his pregnant wife Laci Peterson | 2005 | |
| Richard Ramirez | "Night Stalker" killings in 1985 | 1989 | |
| Timothy Joseph McGhee | Serial Killer from 1997-2003, killed 12 people | January 9, 2009 | |
| Ryan Hoyt | Murder of Nicholas Markowitz in 2000 | 2001 | |
| Rex Krebs | Murder of Rachel Newhouse and Aundria Crawford | 2001 | |
| Mary Ellen Samuels | Murder, soliciting murder, attempted murder and conspiracy in the two deaths. Her estranged husband, Robert Samuels, and James Bernstein in 1988 | 1994 | |
| Richard Benson | Murder of Laura Camargo and her 3 children | 1987 |
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