Death Penalty in California is , also known as capital punishment is when a government or state executes someone, usually but not always because they have committed a serious crime.
The most common crimes that were punishable by the death penalty are; torture before murder, murder of children and murder of police officers. There are different types of executions, it depends on where you are from in the world.
The lethal injection is seen as the most humane and sanitary way of execution in the US, as it neglects pain and suffering. The Lethal injection is relatively recent, as it was only introduced in 1993. However, in the US, people are given the choice to choose how they wish to die.
There have been 13 executions in California since 1978. 1999 was the year with the highest amount of executions where there were two, while the year 1976 and 1980 was the years with the lowest amount of executions, with zero executions.
Over 75% of the murder victims in cases resulting in an execution were white, even though nationally only 50% of murder victims generally are white. The race of defendants which were executed were mostly white, then black and other races.
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