Criminal
Aug. 16, 2016
If not death, what penalty is appropriate?
Four years ago, the citizens of California voted to retain the death penalty. For some reason, despite the recent vote, the same issue will reappear on the ballot in November.
Lawrence Waddington
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Email: waddington1@aol.com
Lawrence is a retired Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge and former assistant attorney general for the state of California. He is author of "Disorder in the Court" at Amazon.com. He also edits the 9th Circuit blog, "The 9th Circuit Watch."
Four years ago, the citizens of California voted to retain the death penalty. For some reason, despite the recent vote, the same issue will reappear on the ballot in November. Unable to convince the U.S. Supreme Court or the California Supreme Court to rule the death penalty unconstitutional, opponents of capital punishment we able to secure enough signatures to put Proposition 62 on the ballot. The initiative would end capital punishment and endorse life imprisonment without parole (LWOP)...
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