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Prop 34 Fact Sheet

What is Prop 34?

If Prop 34 passes it will mark the end of the death penalty here in California. This applies to all future murder convictions and current inmates on death row. These inmates will then in turn be sentenced to life in prison without parole and will be put to work with wages going to victim compensation funds to the victims' families. If voted yes, it will become effective the day after election. We fully support proposition 34 as it not only will save money but it also promotes respect for human dignity and non-maleficence, which are key components to our profession as evidenced by our nursing Code of Ethics. (ANA, 2010)

Evidence:

• Abolishing the death penalty is projected to save the state $1 billion over the next five years and save California taxpayers $100 million every year (Safe California, 2012).
• In the last 6 years there have been no executions. Since the death penalty was reinstated in 1978, only 13 people have been executed despite having over 720 prisoners on death row. It has cost us a total of $4.6 billion since 1978, which is just over $350 million per execution (Alarcon & Mitchell, 2011). That does not seem like an efficient use of our tax dollars.
• Additionally, a onetime $100 million portion will go to the SAFE California fund which is dedicated to solving rape and murder cases in California. The funds will be used to quickly process evidence in rape and murder cases, DNA testing, and the hiring of more investigators (Attorney General, 2011).
• Death penalty trials are 20 times more expensive than trials seeking life in prison without the possibility of parole; California has spent $4 billion on death penalty since 1978 (Safe California, 2012).
• Today, less than 1% of inmates on death row work to pay restitution to victims, but under this ballot measure, every person convicted of murder will be required to work and earn money for the victim’s compensation fund (Safe California, 2012).
• Over 140 people have been exonerated after being wrongly sentenced to death in this country; California will always be at risk for executing an innocent person if the death penalty is not eliminated (Safe California, 2012).
  
  

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Fact Sheet References

Alarcon, A. L., & Mitchell, P. M. (2011). California cost-study 2011. Retrieved

fromhttp://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/california-cost-study-2011

ANA. (2010). Code of ethics for nurses with interpretive statements. Retrieved

from: http://www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/EthicsStandards/

CodeofEthicsforNurses/Code-of-Ethics.pdf

Attorney General. (2012). Proposed law: the SAFE California act. Retrieved from:  
http://ag.ca.gov/cms_attachments/initiatives/pdfs/i978_1-0035_(repeal_the_death_penalty).pdf?

SAFE California, (2012). Be safe and replace california’s death penalty with life without the  possibility of parole. Retrieved from website: http://www.safecalifornia.org/facts/body/SAFECAFactsabouttheDeathPenalty.pdf

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Hey guys!

Here are a few questions and we'd love to hear your answers to them. You don't have to answer all of them or any of them. You can join in the discussion any way you please.

1. What is your stance on abolishing the death penalty? Are you in favor or not?

2. Do you think that voters in general are informed enough on the ballots up for voting at the time of voting? If not, why?

3. What can be done to improve the public's knowledge of the propositions on the ballot?


1. I do support prop 34. With the probability of saving the state $1 billion in 5 years and a portion of those funds, $100 million, dedicated to solve more rape and murder cases, the prop has strong appeal. I would love to see the money saved to go towards education, but if it is purely saved, that would be fine as well. Also, I see death as the easy way out. With prop 34, inmates will have to work and pay restitution to the victim's compensation fund throughout their lifetime sentence. That definitely seems more just.

2. I do not think they are. Here's why based on my personal experience. I voted in 2008 and the only thing I knew was that I was voting for Obama. Everything else on there was new to me. So sad to say, I voted on everything else without truly knowing the issues behind them and ended up realizing later on that my vote on certain things would have been different if I had known more about what was on there. The reason I didn't know much about these things were because I didn't take the time to look at them or research them.

3. One way to improve the public's knowledge is to bring a flyer to people's doors a month before voting. On this flyer there should be all the propositions that they'll be voting on and what they're about. Just the basics. And links under each of them where people can look up if they want to find out more. This way, there will be some understanding beforehand.

-Carl