Death Penalty - Props 62 & 66

Hey Californians, did you know that we’re voting on the death penalty in this election? (I didn’t realize it was on the ballot until I sat down and actually read all the measures, so I thought I’d mention it here.) Not only that, but we’re voting on it twice with Prop 62 and Prop 66 but each Measure does something drastically different!

PROP 62 - DEATH PENALTY. INITIATIVE STATUTE. - Repeals the death penalty in California - Changes death penalty sentences into life imprisonment without possibility of parole sentences - Applies retroactively to existing death sentences (I’m voting YES on 62 because I think the death penalty is wrong and expensive.)

PROP 66 - DEATH PENALTY. PROCEDURES. INITIATIVE STATUTE. - Limits petitions for people with death penalty sentences (petitions = appeals) - Gives prison officials more freedom to develop execution methods - Basically, makes it easier to kill prisoners faster (I’m voting NO on 66 because I think death penalty is wrong and expensive and lots of people have been exonerated from death row because of new evidence discovered during appeals.)

There are a lot of other important measures to vote on this year too - give yourself plenty of time to read thru everything!

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