His sentence may have been commuted, but the DP is most certainly a thing in California.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capita..._in_California
They can go rot on Death Row in solitary even if they don't actually carry out any executions.punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of California. However, the penalty has not been carried out in that state since 2006, due to a standing federal court order issued that year against the practice, and a 2019 moratorium on executions ordered by Governor Gavin Newsom.[1][2] The litigation resulting in the court order has been on hold since the promulgation of the moratorium. Should the moratorium end and the freeze conclude, executions could resume under the current state law.[3][4]
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