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California Supreme Court Upholds Death Penalty Reform Law
Loaded on April 2, 2018
by Christopher Zoukis
published in Prison Legal News
April, 2018, page 17
Filed under:
Habeas Corpus,
Death Penalty,
State Statutes,
Constitution, state.
Location:
California.
by Christopher Zoukis
Proposition 66, also known as the Death Penalty Reform and Savings Act, was passed by 51.13% of California voters on November 8, 2016. Prop. 66 was intended to “facilitate the enforcement of judgments and achieve cost savings in capital cases.” In short, it aims to speed up ...
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