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
What dr. Martin luther king, jr. Stood for equality and activism. I came out because i support my Black Brothers and sisters, i support economic justice, i support i support reclaiming the image of Martin Luther king. Just thrills my heart to see this kind of action and you know what really turns me on the fact that this is interracial. I mean, its not just africanamericans, its not just whites. I mean, were all here together. Reporter and were back live here on Market Street. You can see the roadway is still shut down. They moved down market all the way here to Independence Mall and you can see a crowd still gathered here behind me. They are just now starting to disperse after what has been a peaceful protest on this Martin Luther king day. Live on Independence Mall, im sarah bloomquist, channel6 action news. Allall right sarah thank you. The Martin Luther king holiday has become synonymous with Community Service and today an estimated 135,000 people took part in projects all across o
Grilling obviously. You have the fancy title. You are the chief information officer. That wasnt a small mistake. This was a monumental mistake. The chairman attacked Obama Administrations rollout. Daryl issa wasted no time. Lets say he hasnt been happy with the response. Will what happens next . We now have breaking news. The long awaited enrollment numbers. How many people have enrolled. Put some of them up on the screen for you. Just over 106,000 signed up. Does that mean the republicans stop . Please dont answer yet. Let fight begin. We have got to get the website up and running. We believe site will be working smoothly by the end of the month. Democrats are confident. Nobody in this room. Nobody in this country. This is not about politics. This is barbaric politics. There is a brewing revolt tonight among democrats in the house of representatives according to at least one unnamed democrat who told nbc news today there is a brewing revolt among house democrats, the white house never
We have seen a handful of hearings. Republicans did most of the grilling obviously. You have the fancy title. You are the chief information officer. That wasnt a small mistake. This was a monumental mistake. The chairman attacked Obama Administrations rollout. Daryl issa wasted no time. Lets say he hasnt been happy with the response. Will what happens next . We now have breaking news. The long awaited enrollment numbers. How many peeople have enrolled. Put some of them up on the screen for you. Just over 106,000 signed up. 10,0does that mean the republicans stop . Please dont answer yet. Let fight begin. We have got to get the website up and running. We believe site will be working smoothly by the end of the month. Democrats are confident. Nobody in this room. Nobody in this country. This is not about politics. This is barbaric politics. There is a brewing revolt tonight among democrats in the house of representatives according to at least one unnamed democrat who told nbc news today t