DEATH PENALTY

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DEATH COUNTS IN CALI BUT YEAR

• 2012: 13
• 2013: 24
• 2014: 12
• 2015: 12

SENTENCED BY COUNTY

• Los Angeles: 233
• Riverside: 87
• Orange: 65

AS OF OCT. 2, 2015, 13 INMATES WERE EXECUTED

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• In 2002, Supreme Court declared that executing inmates of "mental retardation" is unconstitutional.
• American Psychiatric Association have endorsed resolutions calling for the exemption of severely mentally ill inmates.

SOURCES

• http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Capital_Punishment/
• http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/states-and-without-death-penalty