Criminal
Dec. 20, 2014
Number of executions hits lowest in 20 years
California leads the nation in number of inmates awaiting execution, even as 2014 marks the lowest rate of executions in the U.S. since 1994, according to a report released Thursday.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
California leads the nation in number of inmates awaiting execution, even as 2014 marks the lowest rate of executions in the U.S. since 1994, according to a report released Thursday.
As of Oct. 1, 745 inmates are on death row in the state, though executions have been on hold here since 2006 after a federal judge found flaws with the lethal injection procedure that used a three-drug cocktail. The c...
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