California voters can tip the balance in death penalty debate
Proposition 66 proponents claim their deeply flawed ballot initiative will turbo-charge California’s machinery of death by ensuring that all death penalty appeals are decided within five...
View ArticleDeath is Different: What defenders of capital punishment get wrong
Last week, in a reactionary op-ed littered with Trump-inspired flourish, Sacramento District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert ramped up her personal, public, and political crusade for Proposition 66 in...
View ArticleQualified death penalty lawyers don’t grow on trees
In response to The San Francisco Chronicle’s recent editorial “Fight crime, not futility: Abolish the death penalty,” a thorough evisceration of Proposition 66 – the Grim Reaper ballot initiative...
View ArticleCalifornia’s death penalty should be reformed, not repealed
Californians have strong feelings regarding the death penalty. A lot of the discussion this year has been about the fiscal impacts of competing death penalty measures. Those who want to repeal the...
View ArticleDeath penalty is an empty promise to victims’ families
The question California voters face regarding the death penalty this election is simple: Do we attempt to speed up the lengthy process or entirely scrap this form of punishment that has proven to be a...
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