ADM JUS 5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Capital Punishment, Innocence Project, Sodium Thiopental
12 May 2020
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Public opinion: death penalty: nearly americans support death penalty, majority have supported it since gallup survey first asked about it in 1936, only exception was 1960-1965. 19 states have repealed the death penalty. Public opinion continued: important note on survey methodology, support level depends on how questions worded, when offered alternative to capital punishment, many supporters opt for the alternative. Life without possibility of parole: >20% shift to opposition, when given this option life, in addition to restitution to the victim. Exonerations happen on death row: since 1973, more than 160 people have been released from death row with evidence of their innocence. The entrance to death row: san quentin, california. Women"s death row: central california women"s facility. Ca death penalty history: legal executions authorized in 1851, done at county level, executions must take place within walls of a state prison, passed by legislature in. Inmate michael morales: 2007 cdcr responds to major issues.
