- Donald A. McCartin was known as the “hanging judge” because of his record of sentencing nearly a dozen men to death in Orange County, California. But now he’s changed his mind and thinks California should get rid of the death penalty entirely. Find out why in this amazing op-ed in the LA Times.
- When Gil Carcetti was Los Angeles County district attorney, he sought the death penalty in dozens of cases. Like McCartin, Carcetti also shares in a recent op-ed why he believes the California death penalty does not, and cannot, work.
- Interested in how many nations have evolved on the death penalty over the last 50 years? This cool map by Amnesty International allows you to scroll through time and see how far we’ve come.
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