See the 13 men executed by California since 1978

Darrell Keith Rich

Executed March 15, 2000 | 19 years, one month on death row

Darrell Keith Rich attacked nine women during a two-month rampage in the summer of 1978, raping eight of them and killing four.

The youngest of his victims was Annette Selix, 11, whom he threw off a 105-foot-high bridge near Shasta Lake. He beat Annette Edwards, 19, and Pam Moore, 17, to death with rocks.

Rich also shot Linda Slavik, a 28-year-old mother, twice in the head and later bragged to friends that in her final moments, she had pleaded, 'Don't do it, don't do it.'

Last meal: Rich declined a last meal and drank tea, broth and Gatorade until his execution.

Last word: 'Peace.'

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Stanley Williams

Executed Dec. 13, 2005 | 24 years, eight months on death row

Stanley 'Tookie' Williams, who helped launch the Crips street gang, was found guilty in 1981 of four counts of first-degree murder with special circumstances.

On Feb. 27, 1979, he and three cohorts smoked cigarettes laced with PCP and, armed with a 12-gauge shotgun and a .22-caliber handgun, set out on a late-night search for a place to rob, according to court documents.

They wound up at the 7-Eleven where Albert Owens, a father of two and a Army veteran, was working the overnight shift. Owens was shot twice in the back.

Less than two weeks later, Williams broke down the door at the Brookhaven Motel and killed the motel's owners, Taiwanese immigrants Yen-I Yang, his wife, Tsai-Shai Chen Yang, and their daughter, Yu Chin Yang Lin, who was visiting.

The two robberies netted $220.

Williams became an anti-violence advocate from behind bars and was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. He insisted he was innocent of the murders.

Last meal: Williams did not request a last meal, but he did drink milk in the hours before his execution.

Last words: Williams made no final statement.

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