Photos: California Executions | 1992 to Present

Donald J. Beardslee was convicted by a jury of two counts of first degree murder in San Mateo County in 1981 and sentenced to death by lethal injection. He was executed on Jan. 19, 2005.

Donald J. Beardslee was convicted by a jury of two counts of first degree murder in San Mateo County in 1981 and sentenced to death by lethal injection. He was executed on Jan. 19, 2005.  (California Dept. of Corrections / EPA)

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Since 1978, when California reinstated capital punishment, only 13 death row inmates have been executed. More than 850 people have been sentenced to die in that time.