The execution chamber at San Quentin Prison, the home to all male death row inmates. On Thursday, the  upheld a ballot measure, Proposition 66, approved by voters last November which speeds up the death penalty appeals process. The court, however, weakened a provision of the proposition setting a deadline for appeals. The plaintiff in the case, former supervisor Ron Briggs, claimed that the proposition was unconstitutional under the  which prevents ballot measures from addressing more than one subject. The court disagreed with Briggs' claim, writing that "Proposition 66 is more focused on a single subject" than other measures upheld by the court. Five justices, of the court's seven, signed the majority opinion. Two justices were defendants in the case as part of the and recused themselves, and two alternate justices were brought in from appeals courts in and . The council is responsible for making policy for the state's courts.
The execution chamber at San Quentin Prison, the home to all male death row inmates. On Thursday, the California Supreme Court upheld a ballot measure, Proposition 66, approved by voters last November which speeds up the death penalty appeals process. The court, however, weakened a provision of the proposition setting a deadline for appeals. The plaintiff in the case, former supervisor Ron Briggs, claimed that the proposition was unconstitutional under the California Constitution which prevents ballot measures from addressing more than one subject. The court disagreed with Briggs' claim, writing that "Proposition 66 is more focused on a single subject" than other measures upheld by the court. Five justices, of the court's seven, signed the majority opinion. Two justices were defendants in the case as part of the and recused themselves, and two alternate justices were brought in from appeals courts in Santa Ana and Sacramento . The council is responsible for making policy for the state's courts.
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