[BookmanTheJanitor]

what death penalty?

[Deo volente]

what death penalty?

Exactly! There are men on Death Row in California that have been there for 30 years and they're not even close to an execution date. In fact, their appeals process has barely begun. They will almost certainly die of old age before their day with the needle.
It's a monumental scandal, but what's to be done? The leftists are in charge of the state and they won't countenance the death penalty for any reason. There are all sorts of ways to grind the wheel of justice to a full stop.