Criminal
Aug. 27, 2011
Death penalty ballot bill pulled
A bill to authorize a ballot measure banning the death penalty failed to capture enough votes in the state Assembly's appropriations committee Thursday and its author, Sen. Loni Hancock, D-Oakland, pulled the bill at the last minute.
By Emily Green
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A bill to authorize a ballot measure banning the death penalty failed to capture enough votes in the state Assembly's appropriations committee Thursday and its author, Sen. Loni Hancock, D-Oakland, pulled the bill at the last minute.
It is now on a two-year track, meaning legislators can take up the measure again next January. In response to the bill's failure to make it out of committee, a coalition of organizations, incl...
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