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Death Penalty Revision

California Statewide • 2016 • Initiative

Passed

Result: 50.9% yes, 49.1% no

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This measure changed California's death penalty appeal procedures by imposing time limits on court reviews, requiring certain attorneys to accept death penalty cases, and allowing prison officials to develop execution methods without standard regulatory processes. It also authorized transfers of death row inmates between prisons and required them to work and pay victim restitution.

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