A “Do or Die” California Ballot

Pro-death penalty advocates have a competing initiative on the November ballot to the “Kill the Death Penalty” measure that recently qualified. The Reform and Savings act would keep California’s death row open and expedite trips to the execution chamber.

A proposition to end the death penalty in California was defeated in 2012 and San Bernardino County District Attorney Michael Ramos told KABC, at the time, they promised voters to return with a measure that makes improvements to capital punishment.

“We gotta talk about the victims and their rights,” Ramos told the McIntyre in the Morning.

Ramos says like the measure they are countering, they too want to save the state money. He says their proposition, if passed in November, would allow the Department of Corrections to house inmates at different prisons, saving millions. Ramos says the act also streamlines the appeals process in an effort to save money.

Anti-death penalty proponents want to kill capital punishment for more than just financial reasons. They say the process is unfair and immoral. Ramos counters, the death penalty is only for extreme cases. “This is for multiple murders, this is for those individuals who murder peace officers, rape and torture victims-they are the worst of the worst.”

Ramos was a guest on TalkRadio 790 KABC’s McIntyre in the Morning with Doug McIntyre and Terri-Rae Elmer.

By Michael Hotten

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Michael Hotten