Perspective
Nov. 3, 2012
Proposition 34 will undercut justice
Innocent individuals will have fewer protections and be more likely to receive permanent punishment if the state has no death penalty. By Mitchell Keiter
Is Proposition 34 the solution to California's dysfunctional death row? It depends on voters' priorities. The public has three preferences in punishing murderers, but these inevitably conflict.
One, we want punishment to be reliable; we don't want to punish an innocent person. Two, we want punishment to be effective; it should prevent murderers from killing again, and ideally deter others as well. Finally, we want punishme...
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