Editorial: Newsom’s decision to effectively suspend executions in California so long as he is governor is largely a symbolic act. But it's a welcome and powerful symbol all the same. (via latimesopinion)
California’s modern history reflects a population that recognizes that the criminal justice system has been too harsh on the poor and minorities.The state Supreme Court later gutted a key element of the winning initiative, ruling that provisions that would have compelled the courts to adhere to a tight schedule for death penalty appeals were unenforceable.
Meanwhile, Assemblyman Marc Levine on Wednesday introduced a measure that would put on the 2020 ballot yet another initiative to ban the death penalty. In the wake of Proposition 66’s inability to deliver on it backers’ promises, the voters ought to have a chance to change their minds. Newsom also announced that he would close the death chamber at San Quentin and scrap the state’s proposedleaving the state without any court-approved methods to carry out a death sentence. These steps, too, may be less significant than they seem. Shutting down a death chamber that isn’t being used is easy, and the proposed injection protocol is stillNevertheless, death penalty advocates are likely to challenge the withdrawal of the proposed execution protocol. So be it.
, down from 11 the year before and from a peak of 43 death sentences in 1999. As more capital punishment cases get deeper reviews by opponents of capital punishment, more and more people — 164 since 1973 — are being exonerated and released from death rows nationwide, including
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