Criminal
May 17, 2016
Appellate lawyers call death penalty reform initiative unworkable
The Death Penalty Reform and Savings Act of 2016 has members of the appellate defense bar expressing serious reservations, arguing its demands are unrealistic and it would be impractical, if not impossible, to implement.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The Death Penalty Reform and Savings Act of 2016, a ballot initiative that proposes to reform capital punishment by expanding the pool of available defense attorneys and speed the appeals process to no more than five years, has members of the appellate defense bar expressing serious reservations. They argue its demands are unrealistic and it would be impractical, if not impossible, to implement.
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