Proposition, the defenders of the proposition conceded to everybodys surprise, certainly to my surprise, that the fiveyear limitation was wildly impractical and probably unenforceable. They recharacterized that fiveyear limit not as a mandatory deadline, but as an aspiration. Reporter speeding up the process was no longer mandatory, the constitutionality of prop 66 was upheld by the California Supreme Court by a vote of 52. But it doesnt address the logjam in finding qualified attorneys to represent Death Penalty cases. Essentially what were getting is a process more vulnerable to mistakes, because attorneys that are not experts on doing this kind of litigation that is very specialized are going to have to start doing it. Reporter this criminal justice expert said more cases could end up in federal court and the approximately 18 inmates now on death row who have exhausted all of their appeals could face execution in another year to year and a half. As for the rest . Prop 66 on its majo
Penalty . Good evening. Im dan ashley. And im ama daetz. San quentin, roughly 700 inmates condemned to die there. That includes Scott Peterson who awaits the execution for the murder of his pregnant wife lacy. The last time california executed an inmate was in 2006. Some in the Legal Community doubt todays ruling the affect death row. Leslie brinkley is live now to explain exactly why. Leslie . Reporter the California Supreme Court today, dan, overruled a constitutional challenge to prop 66, the Death Penalty initiative passed by voters last november that was supposed to speed up the Death Penalty process. Californias 750 inmates on death row wait an average of 16 years for a qualified attorney to take their appeals case. It can then take decades for the case to pass through the appeals process. Prop 66 was pitched to voters as a fix for that. At the heart of it . A mandatory fiveyear limit for the Supreme Court to complete appeals. The proponents of the proposition, the defenders of t
Temperatures for the weekend. Those details at 5 18. But right now, lets say good morning to jaclyn. Good morning. Right now, we are tracking our usual slowdowns if you are making your way along westbound 580 the altamont pass, 26 minutes. No major delays towards the toll plaza there. Heres a live look at the macarthur maze. 10 minutes into San Francisco connecting through 101 from that stretch. So so far, so good. Back to you. Right now, there are extra security measure this is place as police prepare for protests in the bay area. One is expected at crissy field tomorrow. Kpix 5s Neda Iranpour is live to tell us how police are planning to keep people safe. Reporter good morning. No entrance into crissy field after 9 p. M. Tonight ahead of whats expected to bring thousands of people out here tomorrow. There will be one entrance into crissy field unlike this area that we see here. All of this will be blocked off. Buses will be running instead of cable cars. San francisco General Hospita
Get above 59. 61 52. Average is 64 61. The record low 45 in 1876. Today a below normal day on the temps. Clouds wiping out the low clouds pushing those south. This is the first part of our system as it moves in. 40s, 50s, and 60s. We are out of the upper 60s and 70s. We get more of a westerly breeze. 46 sebastopol. 49 napa. 46 mill valley. 48 petaluma. East bay temps low 60s. Not the 70s that we had a couple days ago to some lowto mid 50s. Its the sea breeze. 26, gusts to 36. That is roaring delta breeze. Cooltory the valley today. Temperatures as that low drops in, it will eventually settle in northeast california and that will give us a wide variety of weather especially friday afternoon into saturday. Cooler forecast today. Windy with 60s and 70s. All righty, sal. 7 01. What do you have . Its okay, but we have an accident on the peninsula, steve, that left a bunch of debris on the road. It wasnt that serious with the injuries, but southbound 280 is backed up out of daly city near th
Thats where the drought right now is the widespread worst here across the bay area. Again, full details on the timing of this storm system coming up in about 15 minutes. We will see you then. Lets bring in nbcs bay area robert honda. New numbers how the today that water leaders say are quite discouraging. Reporter just a few hours ago, the santa clara Water District got the latest figures on just how much the public is conserving and Officials Say the numbers are very disappointing. It also has them worried that this upcoming rainfall will actually cause more problems than it can solve. The boost south bay reservoir owners got dried up and so did the water they have to conserve. People in santa clara now seem to be conserving less. The district said in march the public managed to conserve just 8 even less than februarys dismal 9 and well below the goal of 30 . Thats disappointing. Were not really Building Momentum that we would hope to build going into the warmer months. Reporter theyr