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Thousands Say NO to Lethal Injection, For a Second Time!
Thank you to the thousands of individuals who took action against California’s broken death penalty system by objecting to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s flawed lethal injection procedures. Over 12,000 individuals and a wide range of organizations across the country submitted their objections to the CDCR’s new execution plan, which is part of an effort to kick-start executions in California.



Updated Reports: California Still the Highest Spender on the Death Penalty



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En Espanol
California Envía Más Pena Capital.
La Opinión (12/19/2009)
Lea Más Sobre La Pena De Muerte En Espanol
News Coverage
Death Row Cases Decline in 2009. National Public Radio (1/4/2010)
Group Gives Up Death Penalty Work. New York Times (1/4/2010)
Study: States can't afford death penalty. CNN (10/20/2009)
Ohio's botched executions. LA Times (10/14/2009)
Multimedia
Watch this video to learn how California could save $1 billion in five years by ending the death penalty.
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1st Person: Kill the Death Penalty. Delane Sims on KALW
Litigation
California First Amendment Coalition v. Calderon
Pacific News Service v. Woodford