Opponents of a voter-approved measure to speed up executions in California asked the state Supreme Court on Friday to reconsider its ruling upholding the law. Last month’s highly anticipated ruling concerned Proposition 66, a push to “mend not end” capital punishment in California. Condemned inmates in California currently languish for decades and are more likely to die of natural causes than from lethal injection. There are nearly 750 inmates on death row, and only 13 have been executed since 1978 — the last in 2006. The state Supreme Court upheld requirements in Proposition 66 limiting successive appeals and filing extensions.

Source: Los Angeles Times September 09, 2017 02:03 UTC