Death Penalty Procedures
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DEATH PENALTY PROCEDURES
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PROPOSITION 66
- Keeps the death penalty in place
- Would require prisoners on death row to work while in prison and pay restitution to victims' families.
- Speed up the appeals process
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ARGUMENTS IN FAVOR
- It would save taxpayers millions of dollars.
- It would provide closure to victims' families.
- It would mean that the worst criminals receive the strongest sentence.
- It would speed up the death penalty appeals process while ensuring that no innocent person is executed.
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ARGUMENTS AGAINST
- It wastes tons of millions of tax dollars
- Increase prison spending while schools, social services, and other priorities suffer.
- It's confusing and poorly written
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Supporters and Opponents
As of October 2, 2016,
support campaign raised $4,777,072.20, and the opposition campaign had raised $6,595,515.39
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SOME FACTS
- On March 23, 2015, firing squad was reauthorized in Utah
- Hanging is still used in Delaware and Washington, although both have lethal injection
- As of April 17, 2015, Oklahoma introduced death by nitrogen gas as an alternative to lethal injection if the necessary drugs cannot be found
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