Thursday, December 20, 2007

California's Very Own Death Penalty

My editorial talks about reforming the death penalty and how California’s system currently is dysfunctional and needs reform. One problem of the death penalty is that it is overseen by Supreme Court. The seven justices of California’s Supreme Court are not adequate to solve the death penalty’s system within our state and answer the many petitions of our state as well. The editor proposed that instead of excursively having the supreme court reform the death penalty, the court should be allowed to obtain the capital case workload. This amendment allows Supreme Court to still have authority without all the work falling on their shoulders. Cases would hear and finished at a faster and more accurate pace than the current system. At the end of the article the author states three issues that must also be addressed to make this amendment a reality: funding is needed for an adequate number of prosecutors and defense attorneys, increased staff on court appeals, and lastly death penalties habeas corpus must be reconsidered.
I think the amendment is logical for the state of California. The death penalty within our state has been running with too many loop holes for inaccuracy and false accusation and has been at fault for not giving an equal and fair trial to all not just one side. Its important to see that the death penalty can’t be solved with one amendment but has to be reformed from all supporting sides as well.

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