2016 California Proposition 62

Failed ballot proposition to abolish the death penalty Proposition 62 Repeal of Death Penalty 7218625 6361788 14610509 19411771 2016 California Proposition 62 results map by county.svg County results For #47729E 70%–80% 1px #AAAAAA solid #7D9CBB 60%–70% 1px #AAAAAA solid #B6C8D9 50%–60% 1px #AAAAAA solid Against #8B8B54 70%–80% 1px #AAAAAA solid #BCBC83 60%–70% 1px #AAAAAA solid #DEDEBD 50%–60% 1px #AAAAAA solid Source: California Secretary of StateStatement of Vote - November 8, 2016, General Election December 16, 2016 http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/prior-elections/statewide-election-results/general-election-november-8-2016/statement-vote/ January 7, 2017 Proposition 62 was a California ballot proposition on the November 8, 2016, ballot that would have repealed the death penalty and replaced it with life imprisonment and forced labor without possibility of parole. It would have applied retroactively to existing death sentences and increased the portion of life inmates' wages that may be applied to victim restitution.Proposition 62. California General Election November 8, 2016. Official Voter Information Guide. http://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/en/propositions/62/ California Secretary of State 10 October 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161011143436/http://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/en/propositions/62/ 11 October 2016 dead A September 2016 poll from USC Dornsife / Los Angeles Times showed 51% percent of registered voters in favor of Proposition 62, 40% opposed, and 9% unknown.September 2016 USC-Dornsife/LA Times Poll https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B99Qs2h04TA7VVMtLU5pWXhBaW8 11 October 2016 USC Dornsife September 2016 Poll 17 May 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170517144206/https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B99Qs2h04TA7VVMtLU5pWXhBaW8 dead Proposition 62 was rejected by voters in the November general election, with 46.9% voting to end executions.Miller Jim California votes to keep death penalty https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article113661704.html 11 November 2016 The Sacramento Bee 9 November 2016 Proposition 66 was approved by voters in the same election, with 51.1% voting to speed up executions. If voters had passed both Proposition 62 and Proposition 66, then the measure with the most "Yes" votes would have taken effect. Proposition 62 was estimated to have reduced state spending by $150 million a year.Shafer Scott Election 2016: Proposition 62 http://elections.kqed.org/measure/2025/info/proposition-62 20 October 2016 KQED News 20 October 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161020173933/http://elections.kqed.org/measure/2025/info/proposition-62 dead Proponents spent $8.9 million fighting for Proposition 62, with the top contribution being $1.5 million from Stanford University professor Nick McKeown. Other top contributing proponents include Tom Steyer, Reed Hastings, John Doerr, and Paul Graham. The measure was supported by the editorial boards of the Los Angeles Times,The Editorial Board of the Los Angeles Times Props 62 and 66: California voters should end the death penalty, not speed it up http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-prop-62-prop-66-20160826-snap-story.html 20 October 2016 Los Angeles Times 3 September 2016 the San Francisco Chronicle,The Editorial Board of the San Francisco Chronicle Fight crime, not futility: Abolish death penalty http://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/Fight-crime-not-futility-Abolish-death-penalty-9185804.php 20 October 2016 San Francisco Chronicle 25 August 2016 and The Sacramento Bee.The Editorial Board of the Sacramento Bee End the illusion: Abolish the death penalty https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/editorials/article106795422.html 20 October 2016 The Sacramento Bee 7 October 2016 Opponents spent $4.4 million fighting against Proposition 62, with the top contribution being $498,303 from the California prison guards' union. Other top contributing opponents include the California Highway Patrolmen's union, and the LAPD police union. History After the Supreme Court of California abolished the death penalty in People v. Anderson (1972), California voters restored capital punishment in California with California Proposition 17 (1972). However, since 1978, California has executed only 13 prisoners, while the population on death row has increased to 750. No prisoner has been executed since 2006, when a federal judge put a hold on the lethal injection procedure the state was using. Abolition of the death penalty through California Proposition 34, 2012 was rejected by 52% of voters. The path to the ballot started when Mike Farrell, an American actor and activist, wrote a title and ballot summary on September 15, 2015. A title and summary was then issued by California attorney general's office on November 19, 2015. For a ballot to be qualified, 365,880 valid signatures are needed. On May 2, 2016, petitioners submitted the signatures to county officials. The deadline to submit the required signatures was May 17, 2016. Sponsors of the measure hired PCI Consultants, Inc. to collect signatures for the petition to qualify this measure for the ballot. A total of $3,192,775.30 was spent to collect the 365,880 valid signatures required to put this measure before voters, resulting in a total cost per required signature (CPRS) of $8.73.https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_62,_Repeal_of_the_Death_Penalty_(2016)#Path_to_the_ballot California Proposition 62, Repeal of the Death Penalty (2016) - Ballotpedia 2016-10-11 References External links Yes on 62 Category:2016 California ballot propositions Category:Capital punishment in California Category:Criminal penalty ballot measures in the United States Category:Capital punishment referendums Category:Capital punishment ballot measures in the United States