Come on - lets be honest - how many of these vermin have been executed in California in the last 20 years or so?
California has some of the most violent prisons, and violent people in the country, where on going wars continue between Mexican gangs, black gangs, outlaw biker groups etc. The most violent of the violent.
It's my guess being humanely executed would be the easy way out, as opposed to living in these types of institutions for life. Facing life in these violent madhouses, I'd rather be executed if given a choice.
By the way, I favor the death penalty, in many cases.
I think by that measure, Connecticut is ahead of California.