<P> The latest change of method was introduced in January 1993 , when lethal injection was offered as a choice for people sentenced to death . David Mason however chose to die from lethal gas in August 1993 , just seven months after lethal injection was introduced . This was replaced with lethal injection as the standard method in 1994 . William Bonin was the first person to be executed by these new laws on February 23 , 1996 . Thirteen people have been executed in California since the death penalty was reinstated in 1977 , though 56 other people have died on death row from other causes ( 14 of them from suicide ) as of October 25 , 2007 . </P>
<P> The latest change of method was introduced in January 1993 , when lethal injection was offered as a choice for people sentenced to death . David Mason however chose to die from lethal gas in August 1993 , just seven months after lethal injection was introduced . This was replaced with lethal injection as the standard method in 1994 . William Bonin was the first person to be executed by these new laws on February 23 , 1996 . Thirteen people have been executed in California since the death penalty was reinstated in 1977 , though 56 other people have died on death row from other causes ( 14 of them from suicide ) as of October 25 , 2007 . </P>
when was the death penalty reinstated in california
when was the death penalty reinstated in california
1977
1977