Attorney General No.
15-0096
Secretary of State No.
1747
Description
Changes procedures governing state court appeals and petitions challenging death penalty convictions and sentences. Designates superior court for initial petitions and limits successive petitions. Imposes time limits on state court death penalty review. Requires appointed attorneys who take noncapital appeals to accept death penalty appeals. Exempts prison officials from existing regulation process for developing execution methods. Authorizes death row inmate transfers among California state prisons. States death row inmates must work and pay victim restitution. States other voter approved measures related to death penalty are null and void if this measure receives more affirmative votes. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local government: Increased state costs that could be in the tens of millions of dollars annually for several years related to direct appeals and habeas corpus proceedings, with the fiscal impact on such costs being unknown in the longer run. Potential state correctional savings that could be in the tens of millions of dollars annually.
Proponents
Kermit Alexander c/o Charles H. Bell,Jr.
Date
10-20-2015
Document Type
Article
Qualified
Qualified
Recommended Citation
DEATH PENALTY. PROCEDURES. INITIATIVE STATUTE. California Initiative 1747 (2015).
https://repository.uclawsf.edu/ca_ballot_inits/2059