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California Democrats making a push for repeal of state's death penalty

By Douglas A. Berman

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I am already keeping on eye on crime and justice politics in California because of the marijuana legalization ballot initiative going to the voters this fall. And this recent front-page article from the San Francisco Chronicle, which is headlined "Dems want to scrap death penalty in California," highlights that at least on major party is making capital punishment repeal another hot political topic on the left coast. Here are the basics from the start of the article: The California Democratic Party is calling for abolition of the death penalty, defying conventional political wisdom and raising an issue that its candidate for governor might prefer to avoid. Democratic leaders have previously passed resolutions opposing capital punishment, but the party says its records indicate it has never enshrined the position in its platform -- the formal statement of its principles -- until this year...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on May 21, 2010 (boomark / email).