Attorney General No.
13-0055
Secretary of State No.
1643
Description
Gives state appellate courts jurisdiction over death penalty appeals, before consideration by California Supreme Court. Changes procedures governing state court petitions challenging death penalty convictions and sentences. Designates superior court for initial petitions and limits successive petitions. Imposes time limits on state court death penalty review. Requires appointed attorneys who take noncapital appeals to accept death penalty appeals. Exempts prison officials from existing regulation process for developing execution methods. Authorizes death row inmate transfers among California state prisons. States death row inmates are required to work and pay victim restitution. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local government: Increased state costs potentially in the tens of millions of dollars annually for several years related to direct appeals and habeas corpus proceedings, with the fiscal impact on such costs being unknown in the long run. Potential state correctional savings in the tens of millions of dollars annually.
Proponents
Kermit Alexander c/o Charles H. Bell, Jr. (916) 442-7757
Date
12-12-2013
Document Type
Initiative
Qualified
Failed to Qualify
Recommended Citation
Death Penalty. Procedures. Initiative Statutory and Constitutional Amendment. California Initiative 1643 (2013).
https://repository.uclawsf.edu/ca_ballot_inits/1852