A new poll found that Californians support sentencing first-degree murderers to life in prison rather than the death penalty, an indication that Gov. Newsom’s recent decision to impose a moratorium on executions may align with public sentiment.
Proposition 62, they approved a competing measure to accelerate the appeals process in capital cases, Proposition 66.
“They should have asked the right question: What should the penalty be for the worst of the worst murderers … not what it should be if they kill someone in a bar fight,” Rushford said. “The death penalty now is all about Gavin Newsom and what a wonderful guy he is for sparing these poor men that just didn’t get enough hugs from their moms and dads when they were little kids,” Klaas says in the video.to all 737 condemned prisoners in California, the state with the largest death row in the nation. Newsom also ordered the dismantling of the execution chamber at San Quentin State Prison and ended the state’s ongoing efforts to devise a constitutional method for lethal injection.
That by itself indicates that public support for abolishing the death penalty may continue to increase. California is a solidly Democratic state and GOP voter registration has been on a steady decline, so much so that “no party preference” voters now outnumber Republicans in the state.
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