"Thirty-four years later, another initiative is going on the California ballot, this time to repeal the death penalty and replace it with mandatory life without parole. And two of its biggest advocates are Ron Briggs and Heller, who are trying to reverse what they have come to view as one of the biggest mistakes of their lives."The rest of the story at this link.
Saturday, April 7, 2012
One-time death penalty champions now fight to repeal California law
Adam Nagourney of the New York Times has a story about about Ron Briggs and Don Heller, who ran the campaign for 1978's Proposition 7, that brought back California's death penalty:
