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California Assembly to Mull Moratorium on California Death Penalty

The LA Times reports:

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 Ã¢â‚¬â€ scheduled long before convicted killer Stanley Tookie Williams’ execution Tuesday Ã¢â‚¬â€ comes as the state is poised to perform a record number of executions in the coming year.

Posted by SoCal Lawyer

UPDATE:
Michelle Malkin: The Tookie Files: Never-ending Circus

La Shawn Barber examines a Christian perspective

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6 Responses to “California Assembly to Mull Moratorium on California Death Penalty”

Mike Z Says:
December 14th, 2005 at 11:05 am
I could go for a moratorium, if indeed that really meant no possibility of parole.

I think that one of the reasons the death penalty is not the deterrent it might be is the curiously odd way it’s implemented: 25 years for Mr Williams?

Hardcore criminals can look forward to life after murder in a nice regimented society, no worries, no cares. Not what we’d choose, but for most of them, I don’t think it’s all that big a step down.

If it’s administered at all, it should only be in cases where there’s a preponderance of evidence (as in the OJ case), and it should come within 24 hours of the verdict.
SoCal Lawyer Says:
December 14th, 2005 at 11:22 am
Mike,
Thanks for the comment. I don’t know where to begin to respond except:

1) The purpose served by the death penalty include general deterrence (as to all criminals), specific deterrence (as to Tookie, no better deterrent exists) and protection of the public, including the prisoners and prison guards who might be at risk for bodily harm due to Tookie’s plans to break out of jail. In this respect, the death sentence served all of these purposes.

2) Executions within 24 hours of conviction is neither a practical nor desirable goal.
Stuck On Stupid Says:
December 14th, 2005 at 4:15 pm
Took, Took, Tookie, Goodbye!

Tookie Williams will get his comeuppance this evening sometime after midnight Pacific time. Many will be wishing Tookie a painful adieu.Over 20 years ago Stanley Tookie Williams, one of the founders of the Crips street gang murdered 4 people. Governor…
Jeremiah Says:
December 15th, 2005 at 12:17 am
Like father, like son (from Wikipedia):

One of Stanley Williams’ children, Stanley “Little Tookie” Williams, Jr., has also been convicted of murder. Little Tookie, a Neighborhood Crip, was found guilty of shooting a twenty year-old woman to death in an alley off Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. Williams, Jr. was sentenced to sixteen years in prison for second-degree murder.
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California Assembly to Mull Moratorium on California Death Penalty

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