Aaron Mitchell (d. April 12, 1967) is a murderer, convicted of the February 15, 1963 killing of Sacramento police officer Arnold Gamble.
Mitchell was the last person to be executed in California before the Supreme Court of California ruled in 1972 that capital punishment was unconstitutional (the Supreme Court of the United States made a similar ruling later that year).
Prior to his execution, he was visited by renowned psychiatrist, Holocaust survivor, and author of Man's Search for Meaning, Dr. Viktor Frankl in lieu of last rites.
Shortly thereafter, Mitchell held an unorthodox press conference during which he declared in a typewritten statement that "I have made my appeal to God and to the Governor.
The San Francisco Chronicle documented him saying "I don't really expect clemency from the Governor and I sympathize with him.