Xavier Becerra makes his death penalty stance clear after botched Christa Pike execution
Politics Xavier Becerra makes his death penalty stance clear after botched Christa Pike execution By Titus Wu and Annie Gaus Published Oct. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Notorious criminals such as Scott Peterson — convicted in 2004 of killing his wife, Laci Peterson, who was eight months pregnant — and serial killer Charles Ng, who was convicted of 11 first-degree murders, were among the condemned in the Golden State.
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| Original publisher | California Post |
| Canonical URL | https://nypost.com/2026/10/01/us-news/xavier-becerra-addresses-death-penalty-after-botched-christa-pike-execution/ |
| Publication time | Thu, 01 Oct 2026 19:48:27 -0400 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-10-02T00:02:28.403Z |
| Last seen | 2026-10-02T00:02:28.403Z |
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| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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Politics Xavier Becerra makes his death penalty stance clear after botched Christa Pike execution By Titus Wu and Annie Gaus Published Oct. 1, 2026, 7:48 p.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Make California Post a Preferred Source <style>.google-preferred-sources{display:none}</style> (function() { var overlay = document.getElementById("nyp-player-lcp-overlay"); if (!overlay) { return; } function hideOverlay() { overlay.remove(); } function afterDCL() { requestAnimationFrame(hideOverlay); } if (document.readyState === "loading") { document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", afterDCL, { once: true }); } else { afterDCL(); } })(); California has 564 inmates under death sentences — and gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra is weighing in on the state’s death penalty…
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