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CA Killer Dies Awaiting Execution
By sfgate.com
Published: 03/01/2011

You'd think the biggest cause of death on California's Death Row would be execution. After all, that's what the 712 prisoners on the row are there for, right?

Turns out it doesn't work that way.

Robber-murderer Richard Ray Parson on Monday became the latest example illustrating that natural causes, not execution, are the leading cause of death on Death Row.

Since the death penalty was reinstated in 1978, California has executed 13 prisoners, while 53 have died of disease, old age or other natural reasons. Another 18 have committed suicide.

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