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It’s official: The SAFE California Act to replace the death penalty has just qualified for the November ballot!

Minutes ago, we received word that the last of California’s 58 counties have tallied our signatures, giving us far in excess of the half-million signatures needed to qualify. In fact, members of the SAFE California campaign collected so many valid signatures that we were officially certified even earlier than expected!

This is epic. I’m talking parting the Red Sea epic. Step aside Cecil B. DeMille; Californians are about to replace the death penalty.

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Measure to abolish death penalty in California qualifies for November ballot

A measure to abolish California’s death penalty qualified for the November ballot on Monday.

If it passes, the 725 California inmates now on Death Row will have their sentences converted to life in prison without the possibility of parole. It would also make life without parole the harshest penalty prosecutors can seek.

More;
www.washingtonpost.com/national/measure-to-abolish-death-penalty-in-california-qualifies-for-november-ballot/2012/04/23/gIQATgS8cT_story.html