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1 results foundAuthor: Minsker, Natasha Title: California's Death Penalty is Dead: Anatomy of a Failure Summary: California’s death penalty is dead. Prosecutors, legislators and taxpayers are turning to permanent imprisonment with no chance of parole as evidence grows that the system is costly, risky, and dangerous to public safety. New polls also indicate that voters favor replacing the death penalty with life in prison without the possibility of parole, with a requirement for work and restitution paid to the Victims’ Compensation Fund. Most significantly, only three death sentences were handed down in California from January to June 2011, compared with the same period last year when there were 13. This is the lowest number of new death sentences in a six month period since the death penalty was reinstated in 1978, and a clear indicator that district attorneys and jurors across the state are turning away from the death penalty. On average, 49% of death sentences are decided in the first six months of the year. This means that California may be on track for a total of less than 10 death sentences in 2011– the lowest number in 33 years. Details: California: American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, 2011. 20p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed on January 28, 2012 at http://www.aclunc.org/docs/criminal_justice/death_penalty/the_death_penalty_is_dead_2011.pdf Year: 2011 Country: United States URL: http://www.aclunc.org/docs/criminal_justice/death_penalty/the_death_penalty_is_dead_2011.pdf Shelf Number: 123850 Keywords: Capital Punishment (California)Death Penalty |