All state propositions were called Tuesday and the Democrats took a supermajority in state legislature for the first time since 1883.
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Prop. 34 would end injustice of death penalty
Tomorrow, Californians will be faced with a question of life or death. In addition to choosing the next president of the United States, California voters must decide whether they will continue to support the death penalty, or vote to abolish it. If approved, Proposition 34 would replace the death penalty with life imprisonment without the [...]
Read the rest of this article »Prop 34 will benefit state and taxpayers
Banning the death penalty would save California and its residents hundreds of millions of dollars.
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The prosecutors in the Scott Dekraai case announced last Friday they are seeking the death penalty as Dekraai’s punishment for killing nine people in a Seal Beach salon. I do not look upon this tragic event simply. How could one person kill not only the mother of his eight-year-old son, but other innocent people? I’m [...]
Read the rest of this article »Events warrant ultimate form of punishment
Two Daily Trojan writers explore whether the death penalty is an appropriate punishment for the Seal Beach shootings.
Read the rest of this article »Texas prisons scrap ‘last meal’ tradition for death-row inmates
Texas prisons recently abolished the “last meal” tradition for inmates facing execution. This decision was made after death-row inmate Lawrence Russell Brewer requested a large meal and then did not eat any of it, saying he wasn’t hungry. John Whitmire, state senator of Texas responds by saying of Brewer, “He didn’t give his victim any comfort or choice [...]
Read the rest of this article »Students to learn about death penalty while in Texas
Six people who faced the death penalty for crimes they didn’t commit will speak at students’ alternative spring break trip.
Read the rest of this article »California judge re-opens path to executions
After a four-year moratorium, the state may reinstate the death penalty.
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