On what powers the attorney general does and doesn’t have
“Cooley and Harris both know that California cannot possibly empty death row, unless capital punishment is abolished, which is unlikely, or the state were to figure out some way to persuade courts to rubber-stamp death penalty appeals. That’s even less likely, and no one should want that.”
- Dan Morain, opining that a candidate’s stance on the death penalty shouldn’t be a major factor in the race for attorney general. (Sacramento Bee)
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New CA budget slashes statewide gang, drug taskforces
California Governor Jerry Brown’s new “austerity” budget, approved yesterday by the State Legislature, will drastically trim spending on courts, welfare services and schools. According to Attorney General Kamala Harris, law and order spending, which is typically one of the last … Read More
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California death penalty ban headed towards November ballot
This morning at San Francisco’s City Hall, members of the SAFE California Coalition submitted signatures to the Department of Elections to put an initiative on the November ballot that would end the death penalty in California. Proponents say they gathered … Read More
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- Executions on hold for at least another year in California
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Could a death penalty ban succeed in California?
A much circulated study released yesterday found that California spends about $184 million a year on its policy of capital punishment. That means, from a cost-result perspective, that for each of the 13 executions completed since the death penalty was … Read More
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