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Nov 8, 2012 · LOS ANGELES California voters rejected the latest attempt to repeal California's death penalty, dealing a blow to activists who saw this election as their best chance in 35 years to end capital...
Oct 3, 2016 · The claims made by Prop 62 advocates that the death penalty costs 18 times more than a life without parole sentence, and that California pays roughly $150 million per year totaling $5 billion since 1978, are supported by research studies of California’s death penalty.
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California voters retain the death penalty. Proposition 34, the Death Penalty Initiative Statute, was a ballot measure to repeal the death penalty as the maximum punishment for people found guilty of murder. On November 6, 2012, 52 percent of California voters voted against it.
Jun 7, 2021 · More by Dan Walters. California's death penalty has been a much-debated issue for more than seven decades and now it's boiling over again.
May 20, 2021 · In June 2019, a poll by the Berkeley institute found that just over 61% of California voters said they supported keeping the death penalty, compared with 39% who said it should be...
Jan 13, 2023 · Technically, the death penalty still exists in California. Prosecutors can still seek it. But no one has been put to death in the state in 17 years.
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Nov 23, 2016 · Published 7:14 PM PDT, November 22, 2016. LOS ANGELES (AP) — California voters have decided to repair the state’s dysfunctional death penalty by passing a measure intended to speed up appeals, uniting with voters in more conservative states that also supported capital punishment.
