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  • State expects number of executions to rise - 2006, four inmates could enter the execution chamber

    01/01/2006 5:50:48 PM PST · by Former Military Chick · 22 replies · 1,029+ views
    The Contra Costa Times ^ | Jan. 01, 2006 | Crystal Carreon and Claire Cooper
    SACRAMENTO - California's capital punishment debate -- ignited by the execution of Stanley "Tookie" Williams -- will likely intensify as the state prepares to carry out death sentences at a pace unseen in more than a generation. Williams, the quadruple murderer and co-founder of the Crips whose tale of redemption failed to spare his life last month, was the 12th inmate executed in California since voters reinstated capital punishment nearly three decades ago. In 2006, four inmates could enter the execution chamber, including the state's oldest death row resident, 75-year-old Clarence Ray Allen, according to the state attorney general's office....