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...
View ArticleRepeal 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...
View ArticleCalifornia 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...
View ArticleSen. 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...
View ArticleCalifornia 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...
View ArticleBoth 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...
View ArticleFederal 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...
View ArticleState 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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