California Penal Code CHAPTER 1 - Executing Death Penalty

  • Section 3600.
    Every male person, upon whom has been imposed the judgment of death, shall be delivered to the warden of the California state prison designated by...
  • Section 3601.
    Every female person, upon whom has been imposed the judgment of death, shall be delivered to the warden of the Central California Women’s Facility, there...
  • Section 3602.
    Upon the affirmance of her appeal, the female person sentenced to death shall thereafter be delivered to the warden of the California state prison designated...
  • Section 3603.
    The judgment of death shall be executed within the walls of the California State Prison at San Quentin.(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 558, Sec. 1....
  • Section 3604.
    (a) The punishment of death shall be inflicted by the administration of a lethal gas or by an intravenous injection of a substance or substances in...
  • Section 3604.1.
    (a) The Administrative Procedure Act shall not apply to standards, procedures, or regulations promulgated pursuant to Section 3604. The department shall make the standards adopted under...
  • Section 3604.3.
    (a) A physician may attend an execution for the purpose of pronouncing death and may provide advice to the department for the purpose of developing an...
  • Section 3605.
    (a) The warden of the state prison where the execution is to take place shall be present at the execution and shall, subject to any applicable...
  • Section 3607.
    After the execution, the warden must make a return upon the death warrant to the clerk of the court by which the judgment was rendered,...

Last modified: October 22, 2018