Proposition Summary

Initiative Constitutional Amendment. Amends California Constitution to provide that all state statutes in effect February 17, 1972 requiring, authorizing, imposing, or relating to death penalty are in full force and effect, subject to legislative amendment or repeal by statute, initiative or referendum; and that death penalty provided for under those state statutes shall not be deemed to be, or constitute, infliction of cruel or unusual punishments within meaning of California Constitution, article I, section 6, nor shall such punishment for such offenses be deemed to contravene any other provision of California Constitution. Financial impact: None.

Proposition Number

17

Year

1972

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Pass

Popular Vote Results

Y: 5447165; A: 67.5; N: 2617514; B: 32.5

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

Initiative constitutional

Code Sections Affected

Added Cal. Const. art. 1, section 27

For Author

George Deukmejian, (Republican--Long Beach) State Senator, 37th District; S. C. Masterson, Judge, Superior Court; John W. Holmdahl, (Democrat--Oakland) State Senator, 8th District

Against Author

Edmund G. ("Pat") Brown, Former Governor of California (1959-1967); Erwin Loretz, President, California Probation, Parole and Correctional Association; Bill Cosby

Rebuttal Author

Edmund G. ("Pat") Brown, Former Governor of California (1959-1967); Erwin Loretz, President, California Probation, Parole and Correctional Association; Bill Cosby

Rebuttal Against Author

George Deukmejian, (Republican -- Long Beach) State Senator, 37th District; S. C. Masterson, Judge, Superior Court; John W. Holmdahl, (Democrat -- Oakland) State Senator, 8th District

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