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Criminal

Jun. 7, 2017

Brown appointees on state high court skeptical of initiative expediting death penalty

The state Supreme Court's newest justices took turns Tuesday grilling lawyers about Proposition 66, the landmark initiative voters narrowly passed in November to speed up resolution of capital punishment cases.

By Kevin Lee
Daily Journal Staff Writer

The state Supreme Court's newest justices took turns Tuesday grilling lawyers about Proposition 66, the landmark initiative voters narrowly passed in November to speed up resolution of capital punishment cases.

Justices Mariano-Florentino Cuellar and Leondra R. Kruger, both appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown to the high court in 2014, pushed Prop. 66 lawyers on whether the initiative established stric...

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