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Capital punishment in California

The penal code was modified on February 14, 1872, to state that hangings were to take place inside the confines of the county jail or other private places. The only people allowed to be present were the county sheriff, a physician, and the county District Attorney, who would in addition select at least 12 "reputable citizens".

No more than two "ministers of the gospel" and no more than five people selected by the condemned could also be present.^[7]

Executions were moved to the state level in 1889 when the law was updated so that hangings would occur in one of the state prisons—San Quentin State Prison and Folsom State Prison. According to the California Department of Corrections, although the law did not require the trial judge to choose a specific prison, it was customary for recidivists to be sent to Folsom. Under these new laws, the first execution at San Quentin was Jose Gabriel on March 3, 1893, for murder. The first hanging at Folsom was Chin Hane, also for murder, on December 13, 1895. A total of 215 inmates were hanged at San Quentin and a total of 92 were hanged at Folsom.^{[7]
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The lethal injection room at San Quentin State Prison

Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of California.

It carried out 709 executions from 1778 to the 1972

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capita..._in_California