Death Penalty Moratorium on the Table in California

[Thom Little]

State legislators in early January will consider what is likely to be a contentious proposal to postpone executions for as long as three years.

On Jan. 10, an Assembly committee plans to consider legislation that would place a moratorium on executions until a special commission finishes examining whether California's criminal justice system allows innocent people to be convicted.

The bill, the first of its kind in Sacramento in more than a decade, faces substantial political and legal hurdles. Its hearing — scheduled long before convicted killer Stanley Tookie Williams' execution Tuesday — comes as the state is poised to perform a record number of executions in the coming year.

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"This is the most liberal Legislature in the country," said Sen. Tom McClintock (R-Thousand Oaks). "I would not be the least bit surprised if it adopted a moratorium or even attempted to rescind the death penalty entirely. But if they do, they'll have a fight on their hands."



http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-moratorium14dec14,0,3456292.story?coll=la-home-headlines

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. and I will SUPPORT them in their fight

[ET Awful]

2. And Ahnuld the Hitler Admirer knew that on Monday. n/t