Prop 34 Workshop
Published on Dec 07, 2015
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MORE DECKS TO EXPLORE
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
GOALS
IMPORTANCE OF STATE/LOCAL ELECTIONS
MANY IMPORTANT POLICIES ARE DECIDED AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL.
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SHOULD WE ALLOW A SMALL MINORITY TO DECIDE?
SOME BALLOT MEASURES ARE DECIDED BY ONLY 15% OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS
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INACTION IS A CHOICE
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THE DEATH PENALTY
A BRIEF HISTORY
PREHISTORY - MIGHT MAKES RIGHT
NO DEATH PENALTY PER SE, BUT MAYBE THE GOLDEN RULE?
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OFFENSES PUNISHABLE BY DEATH IN THE ANCIENT WORLD
SERIOUS CRIMES: MURDER, TREASON, ARSON, RAPE
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CRIMES PUNISHABLE BY DEATH - MIDDLE AGES TO 19TH CENTURY
MORE AND MORE CRIMES, SOME PETTY (160 CRIMES IN ENGLAND'S "BLOODY CODE")
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ALTERNATIVES: BANISHMENT, COMPENSATION, MERCY
EVEN IN 18TH CENTURY ENGLAND, CRIMINALS SENT TO COLONIES IN US OR AUSTRALIA
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DEATH PENALTY IN THE US
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ALLOWED IN ALL THIRTEEN ORIGINAL COLONIES
ARSON, PIRACY, TREASON, MURDER, BURGLARY, ROBBERY, RAPE, HORSE-STEALING, ETC.
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ABOLITION MOVEMENT
MID-19TH CENTURY: MICHIGAN, RHODE ISLAND, WISCONSIN OUTLAW DEATH PENALTY
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1976: GREGG V GEORGIA
BIFURCATED TRIALS, APPELLATE REVIEW, DEATH NO LONGER ARBITRARY
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CURRENT DEATH PENALTY STATES
34 STATES CURRENTLY ALLOW IMPOSITION OF DEATH SENTENCE
PROP 7 (1978)
REINSTATES DEATH BY PROVIDING CONSTITUTIONAL SAFEGUARDS
13 EXECUTIONS SINCE 1978
725 INMATES ON DEATH ROW, MORATORIUM SINCE 2006
WHY SHOULD WE CARE?
WHAT ARE THE COSTS/BENEFITS OF VOTING YES/NO?
PROP 34
WHAT WOULD IT DO?
PROP 34
LEGISLATIVE ANALYSIS
PROP 34
ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST
PROP 34
ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION
