NEWS ARCHIVE·DEATH PENALTY·JANUARY 1, 1999

There were many bills to expand the death penalty in...

There were many bills to expand the death penalty in California, but none of them passed

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There were many bills to expand the death penalty in California, but none of them passed. Among the proposals were also bills to lower the age of eligibility for the death penalty from 18 to 16 (December 1998), and to allow the death penalty for certain rapes, even if death does not occur.

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(sources: San Jose Mercury News, Bangkok Post, United Press International, Los Angeles Times, Reuters, Modesto Bee)

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