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Criminal

May 5, 2012

Prosecutors question death penalty measure's'victim's fund'

Death penalty opponents gearing up for battle over their recently qualified ballot initiative have been particularly vocal about one provision that would create a $100 million "victims fund." Law enforcement is not swayed.


By Henry Meier


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Death penalty opponents gearing up for battle over their recently qualified ballot initiative have been particularly vocal about one provision that would create a $100 million "victims fund."


The fund - which would be used to investigate unsolved murders and other violent crimes - ostensibly appeals to the law enforcement vote.


But so far, district attorneys and law enforcement gr...

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