CA Death Penalty Moratorium & Do No Harm Act

Recorded on 24 Mar 2019: Topics include CA Death Penalty Moratorium and Do No Harm Act

Segment 1: CA Death Penalty Moratorium

* California death penalty: Governor Gavin Newsom to halt executions, BBC News, 13 Mar 2019

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47549422

* Death Penalty Information Center

https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/FactSheet.pdf

* There’s still no evidence that executions deter criminals, Max Ehrenfreund, Washington Post, 30 Apr 2014

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/04/30/theres-still-no-evidence-that-executions-deter-criminals/

* The Death Penalty and Deterrence, Amnesty International, accessed 16 Mar 2019

https://www.amnestyusa.org/issues/death-penalty/death-penalty-facts/the-death-penalty-and-deterrence/

Segment 2: Do No Harm Act

* Congressional Democrats reintroduce the Do No Harm Act, Gwen Aviles, NBC News, 01 Mar 2019

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna978101

* Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Wikipedia, accessed 18 Mar 2019

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_Freedom_Restoration_Act

* Employment Division v. Smith, Wikipedia, accessed 18 Mar 2019

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employment_Division_v._Smith

* ‘Religious Freedom’ or a ‘License to Discriminate’?, Teresa Wiltz, Stateline, The Pew Charitable Trusts, 12 Dec 2014

https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2014/12/12/religious-freedom-or-a-license-to-discriminate

* The Religious Freedom Restoration Act is discriminatory. Let’s fix it, Religion News Service, 18 May 2016

https://religionnews.com/2016/05/18/the-religious-freedom-restoration-act-is-discriminatory-lets-fix-it/

* Federal Judge Uses Hobby Lobby To Excuse Testimony In Child Labor Case, Sahil Kapur, Talking Points Memo, 17 Sep 2014

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/hobby-lobby-ruling-vergel-steed

* State Religious Freedom Restoration Acts, Wikipedia, accessed 23 Mar 2019

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Religious_Freedom_Restoration_Acts

* Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., Wikipedia, accessed 23 Mar 2019

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burwell_v._Hobby_Lobby_Stores,_Inc.

* Privately held company, Wikipedia, accessed 23 Mar 2019

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privately_held_company – Closely_held_corporations_and_publicly_traded_corporations

* Kim Davis, Wikipedia, accessed 23 Mar 2019

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Davis

* Obergefell v. Hodges, Wikipedia,