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| Death Row Not Very Deadly |
| By bakersfield.com |
| Published: 01/31/2011 |
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So far, the death penalty for defendants in Kern County has just meant a long stay in prison. Consider these facts: Of the 31 death penalty verdicts by Kern juries since 1978, only three defendants have died -- two by suicide and one from throat cancer. Five other cases were reversed and four of those defendants were resentenced to terms of life in prison. One is awaiting a hearing on whether he will receive a life term. Thirteen people were executed in California between 1992 and 2006, the state reported. Executions were stopped in 2006 because of issues over lethal injections. Those have been resolved so executions may resume soon. The average stay on Death Row for those executed was 17.5 years, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Read More. |
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