Deaths in Custody
Executed

William George Bonin

49 years old · died February 23, 1996 · San Quentin State Prison, Marin County, California

William George Bonin, 49, was held at San Quentin State Prison in Marin County, California, where the state carried out his execution by lethal injection on February 23, 1996. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation records his death as an execution by lethal injection. He was 49 years old at the time of his death.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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