Initiative fails to gain enough signatures to qualify for the ballot.
Mike Reynolds, whose daughter was shot to death by a convicted felon three weeks earlier, convenes informal group of judges, attorneys and law enforcement reps to discuss sentencing practices. The law takes effect on December 2, 1993. Convicted felon Richard Allen Davis is arrested and subsequently charged with the kidnapping and murder of 12-year old Polly Klaas. People line up for 3 blocks seeking petitions. Reynolds submits over 800,000 signatures, more than twice the necessary amount.