Death to the Death Penalty in California
Voters will be confronted with competing death penalty proposals on the November ballot: the praiseworthy Proposition 62 and the defective Proposition 66.

The entrance to the east block of death row at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif. (Eric Risberg / AP)
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