Official Summary
Repeals death penalty and replaces it with life imprisonment without possibility of parole. Applies retroactively to existing death sentences. Increases the portion of life inmates' wages that may be applied to victim restitution (from 50% to 60%).
Fiscal Impact: Net ongoing reduction in state and county criminal justice costs of around $150 million annually within a few years, although the impact could vary by tens of millions of dollars depending on various factors.
- Official CA Voter Guide Summary
- Legislative Analyst Office Analysis
- Show Me The Money (as of Oct 22)
- support: $9,000,000
- oppose: $10,500,000
- Ballotpedia Summary
Notes
- persons found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to life without possibility of parole must work while in prison as prescribed by DOCR (Dept of Corrections and Rehabilitation); currently cannot work due to security restrictions
- since 1978, 930 individuals in CA have received a death sentence (in recent years an average of 20/yr), 15 have been executed (none since 2006), 103 died before execution, 64 had sentences reduced, 748 in prison now
- current death sentences are automatically appealed
- the state currently spends $55 Million annually on legal challenges for death sentences
- Related: Proposition 66 changes procedures in Death Penalty cases