Government
Mar. 3, 2012
Death penalty foes gather enough signatures for ballot initiative
Death penalty foes turned in 800,000 signatures Thursday toward a ballot initiative asking voters to repeal capital punishment.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - Death penalty foes turned in 800,000 signatures Thursday toward a ballot initiative asking voters to repeal capital punishment.
The number is well above the 504,000 signatures required to qualify the SAFE California Act for the November ballot.
"California voters are ready to replace the death penalty with life in prison with no chance of parole," said campaign spoke...
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