Criminal
Nov. 1, 2016
No to all forms of the death penalty
Regardless of how this latest dance around the warped initiative Maypole works out, it's time to lay out a vision for a sensible, proportionate system of criminal justice for adult, violent offenders, even murderers. By Kenneth E. Hartman
There are two death penalty-related initiatives on the ballot in California this year: Propositions 62 and 66. Both need to fail.
The issue remains at the center of crime and justice politics, even though the likelihood of an actual lethal injection execution is a remote possibility. The drug companies that manufacture the chemicals have lined up against their use, and the courts are increasingly skeptical of the stat...
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