Briggs cites progress in death penalty vote
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Briggs said the campaign against the death penalty would continue. ”When you’ve got 47 percent support, that’s a win,” he said. “We just need to spend more money and press harder and it will be repealed. We’ll come back and do it again, probably in two years.”
Even though the proposition to repeal the death penalty was turned down by California voters, local proponent Supervisor Ron Briggs said he is elated by the outcome.
An active supporter of the proposition, Briggs said, “the vote on Tuesday took away any question of’ if the death penalty would be eliminated, but when.
“A year ago those supporting the death penalty were at 63-64 percent and now they are at 52-53 percent. The campaign in the last year has knocked down those in support of the death penalty and I think it’s a tremendous victory actually.” ...
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