Entries tagged with “George Gascón”
Policy Issues
Arbitrariness
,Costs
,Innocence
,Race
,Sentencing Alternatives
,Recent Legislative Activity
,Nov 23, 2021
California Penal Code Committee Recommends Repealing State’s Death Penalty
The Committee on Revision of the Penal Code, created by the California state legislature to review the state’s criminal laws, has issued a report unanimously recommending that the state repeal its death penalty. The six-member committee’s 39-page Death Penalty Report, released November 17, 2021, also offers intermediate recommendations for reducing the size of California’s nearly 700-person death row — the largest of any state in the…
Policy Issues
Representation
,United States Supreme Court
,Lethal Injection
,Apr 05, 2021
Capital Case Roundup — Death Penalty Court Decisions the Week of March 29, 2021
NEWS (3/31/21) — Florida: After finding that Florida death-row prisoner William Greg Thomas was entitled to present an untimely habeas corpus petition because his prior lawyer had abandoned him, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reviewed but denied Thomas’ challenge to his conviction and death sentence. The court held that Thomas was entitled to equitable tolling of the habeas corpus statute of limitations but ruled that his ineffective assistance claims were…
Facts & Research
Public Opinion
,Dec 14, 2020
New Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón Implements Sweeping Changes in Death Penalty Policy
Just hours after taking office, newly elected Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón issued a series of sweeping changes that ended new death-penalty prosecutions and moved towards reconsidering existing death sentences in the county with the nation’s largest death row. The policy changes signaled the potential nationwide impact of local prosecutor elections in 2020, as new reform prosecutors prepare to take the helm in counties that constitute more than…