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Mar 29, 2023 · As thousands of Californians die each year from drug overdoses fueled by fentanyl, a bitter fight has emerged in Sacramento over how lawmakers can hold dealers accountable without refilling state...
- hannah.wiley@latimes.com
- Staff Writer
A Field Poll in September 2014 showed that 56% support the death penalty, down from 69% three years earlier. Support for the death penalty in California had not been at this low a level since the mid-1960s.
Mar 30, 2023 · California kills bills that would punish fentanyl dealers. As thousands of Californians die each year from drug overdoses fueled by fentanyl, a bitter fight has emerged in Sacramento over how...
Dec 29, 2023 · Fentanyl is driving California’s deadly overdose crisis. A new law taking effect Jan. 1 targets dealers by increasing criminal penalties for trafficking the drug.
Apr 26, 2023 · Assembly and Senate public safety committees have repeatedly blocked legislation to stiffen penalties for fentanyl dealers who cause death.
- Tony Saavedra
The initiative would have required courts to give fentanyl dealers notice that a repeat offense could result in murder charges. It would have also made the prison sentence for a person convicted of dealing fentanyl that resulted in a person's death 10 to 12 years.
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Mar 13, 2019 · Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order to impose a moratorium on the death penalty in California. The order will prevent the state from putting prisoners to death by granting temporary...
