A growing movement is demanding the United States do away with the death penalty. In 2012 voters had the chance to vote to replace California’s death penalty with life without the possibility of parole.  But while some saw the ballot measure as a way to end the death penalty, others saw life without parole as another kind of death sentence.
On this edition KALW reporter Nancy Mullane speaks to some of those on California’s death row and we hear from two opponents of the death penalty about where the movement to end executions goes next.

Featuring:

Sam Robinson, Public Information Officer lieutenant; Walter Cook, San Quentin State Prison inmate; Demitrius Howard, San Quentin State Prison inmate; Justin Helzer, San Quentin State Prison inmate; Christine Thomas, Campaign to End the Death Penalty; David Dow, University of Houston Law Center professor.

For More Information:

Life After Murder
www.LifeAfterMurder.com <http://www.lifeaftermurder.com

California Voter Guide

http://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/propositions/34/

National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
www.ncadp.org/

Death Penalty Focus
http://www.deathpenalty.org/

Death Penalty Information Center

http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/

Campaign to End The Death Penalty

http://www.nodeathpenalty.org/

Selective Empathy

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/03/selective-empathy/

Defeat of Proposition 34: California’s Death Penalty Battle Continues
http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_21951068/defeat-proposition-34-californias-death-penalty-battle-will

Prop 34 fails but signals the imminent demise of California’s death penalty
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/nov/09/proposition34-fails-california-death-penalty

Inside Death Row. At San Quentin 647 condemned killers wait to die in the most populous execution antechamber in the United States.
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/INSIDE-DEATH-ROW-At-San-Quentin-647-condemned-2594023.php

Life without Parole, a Different Kind of Death Penalty
http://www.thenation.com/article/170852/life-without-parole-different-death-penalty

Nancy Mullane Walks Death Row at San Quentin State Prison
http://www.kalw.org/post/nancy-mullane-walks-death-row-san-quentin-state-prison

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