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Poll: Voters Divided Over Death Penalty Repeal

SACRAMENTO – A new Field Poll shows California voters split over a November ballot initiative seeking to repeal the death penalty. Just 42 percent of likely voters say they favor Proposition 34, with...

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Repeal or reform? Death penalty voter decisions for 3 states

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s dysfunctional death penalty faces a fate in November that seems fitting: voters can put it out of its misery, or fix it so it does what it promises. The state is among...

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California regulators reject new lethal injection method

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California regulators for the second time Monday rejected a proposed new method of carrying out the death penalty by lethal injection, another move that slows the process for...

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Sen. Diane Feinstein drops support for death penalty

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein says she no longer backs the death penalty, a reversal of decades-long support that comes during a primary campaign where her stiffest...

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California Gov. Newsom places moratorium on executions

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The 737 inmates on California’s largest-in-the-nation death row are getting a reprieve from Gov. Gavin Newsom, who plans to sign an executive order Wednesday placing a...

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Both Applause and Outrage Follow Gov’s Decision to Halt Death Penalty

Last week Gov. Gavin Newsom, by executive order, placed a moratorium on the death penalty in California. The move he has described as a “moral” decision sparked outrage across the state, particularly...

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Federal executions halted; Garland orders protocols reviewed

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is halting federal executions after a historic use of capital punishment by the Trump administration, which carried out 13 executions in six months. Attorney...

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State Supreme Court upholds death penalty

The Supreme Court of California justices on the bench. Photo via California Courts (CALMATTERS NETWORK) – The California Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously rejected an attempt to make it harder for...

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