death penalty in california (powe point 2003)
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Daniel SaldiviaClass 10E1Humboldt School
• Largest “Death Row” population in USA
• San Quentin State Prison in Marin County, North San Francisco
• Currently ON HOLD because of human issues
• Legal executions were authorized in 1851
• 215 inmates were hanged at San Quentin
• In 1937 lethal gas replaced hanging
• 194 inmates were killed by lethal gas in California
• 1967-1992: no executions
• 1993 (as we were born): choice between lethal gas & lethal injection
• David Mason didn´t choose, lethal gas 9.1993- default method
• 1994: cruel, unusual and inhuman lethal gas
• 2.1996: lethal injection became “default” method of execution
• 33.581$ per year: 72199.15 BsF per year
• Maximum-security custody level in
San Quentin• Since 1978 has
increased the number of condemned inminates
• 3 persons has been exenorated in Death Row.
• 4 executed since 1978
Arnold Schwarzenegger supports deathpenalty
“To the survivor and families of the victims in this case, I share your frustration that closure to this chapter of your lives has been delayed."
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