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| Death Penalty Moratorium on the Table | ||
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Posted by BurbankKarl
On News/Activism 12/14/2005 11:51:08 AM PST · 9 replies · 179+ views LA Times ^ | 12/14/05 | Jordan Rau, Times Staff Writer SACRAMENTO — State legislators in early January will consider what is likely to be a contentious proposal to postpone executions for as long as three years. On Jan. 10, an Assembly committee plans to consider legislation that would place a moratorium on executions until a special commission finishes examining whether California's criminal justice system allows innocent people to be convicted. The bill, the first of its kind in Sacramento in more than a decade, faces substantial political and legal hurdles. Its hearing — scheduled long before convicted killer Stanley Tookie Williams' execution Tuesday — comes as the state is poised... |
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| Lawmakers to Consider Plan to Halt Executions (California) | ||
| Posted by Simmy2.5 On News/Activism 12/13/2005 11:09:39 PM PST · 21 replies · 254+ views LA Times ^ | 9:20 PM PST, December 13, 2005 | By Jordan Rau, Times Staff Writer SACRAMENTO -- State legislators in early January will consider what is likely to be a contentious proposal to postpone executions for as long as three years. On Jan. 10, an Assembly committee plans to consider legislation that would place a moratorium on executions until a special commission finishes examining whether California's criminal justice system allows innocent people to be convicted. The bill, the first of its kind in Sacramento in more than a decade, faces substantial political and legal hurdles. Its hearing — scheduled long before convicted killer Stanley Tookie Williams' execution Tuesday — comes as the state is poised... |
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To put it bluntly, three innocent people were needlessly sentenced to death precisely because Clarence Ray Allen wasn’t.
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